Department profile

Volunteer

West Milford Community Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

West Milford, WV · Harrison County. West Milford Community Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 27 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

27
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

West Milford Community Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the West Virginia average.

45th pct.
national personnel size
+17%
vs. West Virginia 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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
59/100
West Milford Community Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

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.

Staffing capacity C
27 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
27 personnel · 1 station

West Milford Community Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving West Milford, WV (Harrison County), with 1 station and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,349 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #12,349 of 22,440
  • WV personnel rank #207 of 359
  • 3.70 stations per 100 personnel
  • 16 other listed departments in Harrison County

West Milford Community Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

27 Top 55% higher than 45% 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 17115 · West Milford Community Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, WV 27 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 27
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-MID #12,349
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Shenandoah County…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Shenandoah County Department of Fire and Rescue, 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 WV department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
West Milford, WV
FDID
17115

Staffing vs the West Virginia average

How West Milford Community Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #207 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,349 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 17% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
55
WV departments
511

County roster fringe

West Milford Community Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is 6.0% of Harrison County roster mass

The county lists 18 departments totaling 451 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 89% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 27 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Shenandoah County Department of Fire and Rescue, VA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 27 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.