Department profile
VolunteerWelch Volunteer Fire Department
Welch, OK · Craig County. Welch Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 16
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Welch Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Oklahoma average.
- 11th pct.
- national personnel size
- +33%
- vs. Oklahoma 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.
Welch Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Welch, OK (Craig County), with 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,895 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,895 of 22,440
- OK personnel rank #326 of 513
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- 9 other listed departments in Craig County
Welch Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
16 Top 89% higher than 11% 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 18005 · Welch Volunteer Fire Department, OK 16 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 16
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #19,895
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Upper Captiva Fir…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Upper Captiva Fire District, FL (+ 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 OK department.
- Welch Volunteer (this dept) 16
- High Sandhill Volunteer, SC 16
- Near Upper Captiva Fir…, FL 16
- Near Fort Myers Shores, FL 16
- Near Steptoe Valley Vo…, NV 16
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Welch, OK
- County
- Craig County
- FDID
- 18005
Staffing vs the Oklahoma average
How Welch Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oklahoma. In-state it ranks #326 of 513 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,895 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- OK departments
- 1,049
County roster geometry
Craig County HIFLD mix around Welch Volunteer Fire Department
Craig County: 10 departments, 103 personnel (5 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 10% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 16 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Upper Captiva Fire District, FL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 16 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OK department.