Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWest Chester Township Fire Department
West Chester, OH · Butler County. West Chester Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 145 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 145
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West Chester Township Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Ohio average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +383%
- vs. Ohio average
- 5
- stations
- $1,985,773
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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 Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving West Chester, OH (Butler County), with 5 stations and 145 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #448 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,985,773.
- National personnel rank #448 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #12 of 1,108
- 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Butler County
West Chester Township Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
145 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 09123 · West Chester Township Fire Department, OH 145 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 145
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #448
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Clinton Volunteer
- FEMA-MID $2.0M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Clinton Volunteer Fire Department, CT (+ 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 OH department.
- West Chester Town… (this dept) 145
- High Liberty Joint Fir…, NY 145
- Near Clinton Volunteer, CT 145
- Near Overland Park, KS 145
- Near Newport Beach, CA 145
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- West Chester, OH
- County
- Butler County
- FDID
- 09123
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-05409 | $203,784.48 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FG-06000 | $890,775 |
| 2007 | EMW2006FF03629 | $-20,143 |
| 2006 | EMW-2006-FF-0362 | $911,357 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How West Chester Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #12 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #448 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster geometry
Butler County HIFLD mix around West Chester Township Fire Department
Butler County: 29 departments, 1,106 personnel (16 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 83% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 145 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Clinton Volunteer Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 145 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.