Department profile
OtherWest Chester Fire Department
Chester, SC · Chester County. West Chester Fire Department is a fire department and 22 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 22
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
West Chester Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the South Carolina average.
- 28th pct.
- national personnel size
- -12%
- vs. South Carolina average
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 Chester Fire Department is a fire department serving Chester, SC (Chester County) and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,067 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,067 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #286 of 473
- 8 other listed departments in Chester County
West Chester Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
22 Top 72% higher than 28% 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 SC-WEST-CHESTER-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-SC · West Chester Fire Department, SC 22 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 22
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #16,067
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ables Springs Vol…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 2/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ables Springs Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 0 personnel)
Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every SC department.
- West Chester (this dept) 22
- High Allin Township Fi…, IL 22
- Near Ables Springs Vol…, TX 22
- Near Alba Volunteer, TX 22
- Near Allensville Volun…, KY 22
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Chester, SC
- County
- Chester County
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How West Chester Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #286 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,067 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster fringe
West Chester Fire Department is 8.8% of Chester County roster mass
The county lists 15 departments totaling 249 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Ables Springs Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 22 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.