Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWest McCracken Fire Department
West Paducah, KY · Mccracken County. West McCracken Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 26 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.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West McCracken Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Kentucky average.
- 42nd pct.
- national personnel size
- +24%
- vs. Kentucky 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.
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 McCracken Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving West Paducah, KY (Mccracken County), with 2 stations and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,952 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,952 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #291 of 606
- 7.69 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Mccracken County
West McCracken Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 58% higher than 42% 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 73425 · West McCracken Fire Department, KY 26 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,952
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Saint Johns
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Saint Johns Fire Department, MN (+ 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 McCracken (this dept) 26
- High Luce Township, IN 26
- Near Saint Johns, MN 26
- Near Paynesville, MN 26
- Near Kimball, MN 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- West Paducah, KY
- County
- Mccracken County
- FDID
- 73425
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How West McCracken Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #291 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,952 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster fringe
West McCracken Fire Department is 9.1% of Mccracken County roster mass
The county lists 15 departments totaling 287 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Saint Johns Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.