Department profile
VolunteerWest 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.
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 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.
- West Milford Comm… (this dept) 27
- High Elsinboro Fire Co…, NJ 27
- Near Shenandoah County…, VA 27
- Near Golva Fire Protec…, ND 27
- Near Carlisle, MA 27
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- West Milford, WV
- County
- Harrison County
- 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.
- 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
Nationwide volunteer peers near 27 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.