Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderWest Shore Fire District
West Haven, CT · New Haven County. West Shore Fire District is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 50 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.
- 50
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West Shore Fire District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Connecticut average.
- Top 18%
- national personnel size
- +25%
- vs. Connecticut 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 Shore Fire District is a Career (Paid) department serving West Haven, CT (New Haven County), with 2 stations and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,107 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,107 of 22,440
- CT personnel rank #107 of 203
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 34 other listed departments in New Haven County
West Shore Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
50 Top 18% higher than 82% 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 06252 · West Shore Fire District, CT 50 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 50
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,107
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Uwharrie Voluntee…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Uwharrie Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NC (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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 CT department.
- West Shore Fire D… (this dept) 50
- High Lower Alsace Fire…, PA 50
- Near Uwharrie Voluntee…, NC 50
- Near Keystone Fire Com…, PA 50
- Near Cato Volunteer, NY 50
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- West Haven, CT
- County
- New Haven County
- FDID
- 06252
Staffing vs the Connecticut average
How West Shore Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Connecticut. In-state it ranks #107 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,107 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 34
- CT departments
- 418
County roster fringe
West Shore Fire District is 1.4% of New Haven County roster mass
The county lists 59 departments totaling 3,458 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 61% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 50 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Uwharrie Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 50 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CT department.