Department profile
VolunteerWest Liberty Fire Department
West Liberty, KY · Morgan County. West Liberty Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 31
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
West Liberty Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Kentucky average.
- Top 44%
- national personnel size
- +48%
- vs. Kentucky average
- 1
- station
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 Liberty Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving West Liberty, KY (Morgan County), with 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,795 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,795 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #206 of 606
- 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Morgan County
West Liberty Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
31 Top 44% higher than 56% 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 88461 · West Liberty Fire Department, KY 31 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 31
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #9,795
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Centerville Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Centerville Fire and Rescue, IN (+ 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 KY department.
- West Liberty (this dept) 31
- High Nolichuckey Valle…, TN 31
- Near Centerville Fire…, IN 31
- Near Farmington Fire D…, IA 31
- Near Eddyville Volunte…, IA 31
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- West Liberty, KY
- County
- Morgan County
- FDID
- 88461
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | EMW2008FF00992 | $-91,980 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How West Liberty Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #206 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,795 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster weight
West Liberty Fire Department carries 31.0% of Morgan County HIFLD personnel
Among 8 listed departments (100 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Centerville Fire and Rescue, IN (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 31 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.