Department profile

Volunteer

West 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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
12/100
West Bradford Fire Company - Marshalton Station

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.

Staffing capacity F
12.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
25 personnel · 2 stations

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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
West Chester, PA
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.

▼ 29% below the state average
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).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.