Department profile
VolunteerWest Bradford Fire Company - Marshalton Station
West Chester, PA · Chester County. West Bradford Fire Company - Marshalton Station is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
West Bradford Fire Company - Marshalton Station pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Pennsylvania average.
- 37th pct.
- national personnel size
- -29%
- vs. Pennsylvania average
- 2
- stations
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.
West Bradford Fire Company - Marshalton Station is a Volunteer department serving West Chester, PA (Chester County), with 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,142 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,142 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #1,097 of 1,275
- 8.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 32 other listed departments in Chester County
West Bradford Fire Company - Marshalton Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 63% higher than 37% 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 15039 · West Bradford Fire Company - Marshalton Station, PA 25 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #14,142
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ North Georgetown…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: North Georgetown Volunteer Fire Department, OH (+ 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 PA department.
- West Bradford Fir… (this dept) 25
- High Dentville Volunte…, MS 25
- Near North Georgetown…, OH 25
- Near New Waterford Vol…, OH 25
- Near Chesterfield Volu…, MA 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- West Chester, PA
- County
- Chester County
- FDID
- 15039
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How West Bradford Fire Company - Marshalton Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #1,097 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,142 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- PA departments
- 2,427
County roster fringe
West Bradford Fire Company - Marshalton Station is 1.5% of Chester County roster mass
The county lists 45 departments totaling 1,719 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 58% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: North Georgetown Volunteer Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.