Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWest Haven Fire Department
West Haven, CT · New Haven County. West Haven Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 276 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.
- 276
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West Haven Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Connecticut average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +590%
- vs. Connecticut average
- 4
- stations
- $3,744,397
- 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 Haven Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving West Haven, CT (New Haven County), with 4 stations and 276 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #137 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $3,744,397.
- National personnel rank #137 of 22,440
- CT personnel rank #5 of 203
- 1.45 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 34 other listed departments in New Haven County
West Haven Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
276 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 06250 · West Haven Fire Department, CT 276 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 276
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #137
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lawrence Douglas…
- FEMA-MID $3.7M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical, KS (+ 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 CT department.
- High Winslow Township…, NJ 277
- West Haven (this dept) 276
- Near Lawrence Douglas…, KS 276
- Near Anaheim, CA 276
- Low Plantation, FL 275
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- West Haven, CT
- County
- New Haven County
- FDID
- 06250
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FF-00256 | $1,871,998.55 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-01324 | $927,333.86 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-11144 | $373,636 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FG-08321 | $571,429 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Connecticut average
How West Haven Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Connecticut. In-state it ranks #5 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #137 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 34
- CT departments
- 418
County roster fringe
West Haven Fire Department is 8.0% of New Haven County roster mass
The county lists 59 departments totaling 3,458 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 61% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 276 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical, KS (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 276 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CT department.