Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWest McCreary Volunteer Fire Department - Wolf Ridge
Stearns, KY · Mccreary County. West McCreary Volunteer Fire Department - Wolf Ridge is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 30 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.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West McCreary Volunteer Fire Department - Wolf Ridge pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Kentucky average.
- Top 48%
- national personnel size
- +43%
- 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 McCreary Volunteer Fire Department - Wolf Ridge is a Volunteer department serving Stearns, KY (Mccreary County), with 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,854 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,854 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #225 of 606
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Mccreary County
West McCreary Volunteer Fire Department - Wolf Ridge vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 48% higher than 52% 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 74880 · West McCreary Volunteer Fire Department - Wolf Ridge, KY 30 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #10,854
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Le Mars Fire Resc…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Le Mars Fire Rescue Department, IA (+ 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 McCreary Vol… (this dept) 30
- High Lascassas Volunte…, TN 30
- Near Le Mars Fire Resc…, IA 30
- Near Salem-Blackman Vo…, TN 30
- Near Morris, MN 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Stearns, KY
- County
- Mccreary County
- FDID
- 74880
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How West McCreary Volunteer Fire Department - Wolf Ridge's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #225 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,854 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster geometry
Mccreary County HIFLD mix around West McCreary Volunteer Fire Department - Wolf Ridge
Mccreary County: 11 departments, 147 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 91% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Le Mars Fire Rescue Department, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.