Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWest Metro Fire-Rescue District
New Hope, MN · Hennepin County. West Metro Fire-Rescue District is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 68 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.
- 68
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West Metro Fire-Rescue District pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Minnesota average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +224%
- vs. Minnesota average
- 3
- 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 Metro Fire-Rescue District is a Volunteer department serving New Hope, MN (Hennepin County), with 3 stations and 68 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,067 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,067 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #18 of 614
- 4.41 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 32 other listed departments in Hennepin County
West Metro Fire-Rescue District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
68 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 27334 · West Metro Fire-Rescue District, MN 68 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 68
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,067
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ridge Road Fire D…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ridge Road Fire District - Greece Ridge Fire Department, NY (+ 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 MN department.
- West Metro Fire-R… (this dept) 68
- High Riverside County, CA 68
- Near Ridge Road Fire D…, NY 68
- Near Long Valley Fire…, CA 68
- Near Sackets Harbor Fi…, NY 68
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- New Hope, MN
- County
- Hennepin County
- FDID
- 27334
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How West Metro Fire-Rescue District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #18 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,067 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster fringe
West Metro Fire-Rescue District is 3.9% of Hennepin County roster mass
The county lists 45 departments totaling 1,725 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 68 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ridge Road Fire District - Greece Ridge Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 68 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.