Department profile
VolunteerWest Salem Volunteer Fire Department
Greenville, PA · Mercer County. West Salem Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations 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
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
West Salem Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Pennsylvania average.
- 45th pct.
- national personnel size
- -23%
- vs. Pennsylvania 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 Salem Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Greenville, PA (Mercer County), with 2 stations and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,350 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,350 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #1,021 of 1,275
- 7.41 stations per 100 personnel
- 26 other listed departments in Mercer County
West Salem Volunteer Fire Department 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 43730 · West Salem Volunteer Fire Department, PA 27 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 27
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #12,350
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lennox
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lennox Fire Department, SD (+ 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 PA department.
- West Salem Volunt… (this dept) 27
- High Leroy Township, OH 27
- Near Lennox, SD 27
- Near California Depart…, CA 27
- Near Painesville Towns…, OH 27
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Greenville, PA
- County
- Mercer County
- FDID
- 43730
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How West Salem Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #1,021 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,350 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- PA departments
- 2,427
County roster fringe
West Salem Volunteer Fire Department is 4.2% of Mercer County roster mass
The county lists 31 departments totaling 642 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 61% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 27 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lennox Fire Department, SD (+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 PA department.