Department profile
VolunteerWashington Lands Volunteer Fire Department
Moundsville, WV · Marshall County. Washington Lands Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Washington Lands Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the West Virginia average.
- 8th pct.
- national personnel size
- -35%
- vs. West Virginia average
- 1
- station
National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.
A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.
Washington Lands Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Moundsville, WV (Marshall County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,570 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,570 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #340 of 359
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 16 other listed departments in Marshall County
Washington Lands Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 92% higher than 8% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 25113 · Washington Lands Volunteer Fire Department, WV 15 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #20,570
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Karlsruhe Rural F…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Karlsruhe Rural Fire Protection District, ND (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every WV department.
- Washington Lands… (this dept) 15
- High Harris-Norris-Pon…, MT 15
- Near Karlsruhe Rural F…, ND 15
- Near Sneads Volunteer, FL 15
- Near Quitman Volunteer, LA 15
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Moundsville, WV
- County
- Marshall County
- FDID
- 25113
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How Washington Lands Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #340 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,570 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- WV departments
- 511
County roster fringe
Washington Lands Volunteer Fire Department is 4.6% of Marshall County roster mass
The county lists 18 departments totaling 325 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 67% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Karlsruhe Rural Fire Protection District, ND (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.