Department profile

Volunteer

West Glocester Fire Department

Glocester, RI · Providence County. West Glocester Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 28 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

28
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

West Glocester Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Rhode Island average.

47th pct.
national personnel size
-26%
vs. Rhode Island 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
18/100
West Glocester Fire Department

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
14 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
28 personnel · 2 stations

West Glocester Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Glocester, RI (Providence County), with 2 stations and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,869 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #11,869 of 22,440
  • RI personnel rank #51 of 66
  • 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
  • 33 other listed departments in Providence County

West Glocester Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

28 Top 53% higher than 47% 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 01303 · West Glocester Fire Department, RI 28 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 28
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-MID #11,869
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lefthand Fire and…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Lefthand Fire and Rescue, CO (+ 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 RI department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Glocester, RI
FDID
01303

Staffing vs the Rhode Island average

How West Glocester Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Rhode Island. In-state it ranks #51 of 66 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,869 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 26% below the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
9
RI departments
111

County roster fringe

West Glocester Fire Department is 1.2% of Providence County roster mass

The county lists 46 departments totaling 2,266 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 61% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 28 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Lefthand Fire and Rescue, CO (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel

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