Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWest Manchester Fire Department
West Manchester, OH · Preble County. West Manchester Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 21 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.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West Manchester Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Ohio average.
- 26th pct.
- national personnel size
- -30%
- vs. Ohio 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 Manchester Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving West Manchester, OH (Preble County), with 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,595 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,595 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #928 of 1,108
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Preble County
West Manchester Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 74% higher than 26% 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 68025 · West Manchester Fire Department, OH 21 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,595
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Manassas…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Manassas Park Fire and Rescue Department, VA (+ 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 Manchester (this dept) 21
- High Breitung, MN 21
- Near City of Manassas…, VA 21
- Near Gillham Volunteer, AR 21
- Near Onawa, IA 21
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- West Manchester, OH
- County
- Preble County
- FDID
- 68025
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How West Manchester Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #928 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,595 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster fringe
West Manchester Fire Department is 7.7% of Preble County roster mass
The county lists 12 departments totaling 274 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 92% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Manassas Park Fire and Rescue Department, VA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.