Department profile
VolunteerWest Rowan Fire Department
Mount Ulla, NC · Rowan County. West Rowan Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 59 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 59
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
West Rowan Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Carolina average.
- Top 12%
- national personnel size
- +127%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 4
- 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 Rowan Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Mount Ulla, NC (Rowan County), with 4 stations and 59 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,803 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,803 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #79 of 932
- 6.78 stations per 100 personnel
- 27 other listed departments in Rowan County
West Rowan Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
59 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 08001 · West Rowan Fire Department, NC 59 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 59
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #2,803
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cincinnati/Northe…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Fire Department, KY (+ 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 NC department.
- West Rowan (this dept) 59
- High Creve Coeur Fire…, MO 59
- Near Cincinnati/Northe…, KY 59
- Near Mount Rogers Volu…, VA 59
- Near Jamestown, NY 59
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Mount Ulla, NC
- County
- Rowan County
- FDID
- 08001
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How West Rowan Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #79 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,803 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster fringe
West Rowan Fire Department is 6.9% of Rowan County roster mass
The county lists 32 departments totaling 860 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 47% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.78 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 59 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 59 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.