Department profile
VolunteerWest Side Volunteer Fire Department
Saint Albans, WV · Kanawha County. West Side Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 55 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 55
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
West Side Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the West Virginia average.
- Top 15%
- national personnel size
- +139%
- 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 Side Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Saint Albans, WV (Kanawha County), with 1 station and 55 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,288 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,288 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #21 of 359
- 1.82 stations per 100 personnel
- 31 other listed departments in Kanawha County
West Side Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
55 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 20129 · West Side Volunteer Fire Department, WV 55 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 55
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #3,288
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Trappe Volunteer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Trappe Volunteer Fire Company, MD (+ 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 Side Volunte… (this dept) 55
- High Ivanhoe Volunteer, VA 55
- Near Trappe Volunteer…, MD 55
- Near Townville Volunte…, PA 55
- Near Acadia-Evangeline…, LA 55
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Saint Albans, WV
- County
- Kanawha County
- FDID
- 20129
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How West Side Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #21 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,288 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 Side Volunteer Fire Department is 5.7% of Kanawha County roster mass
The county lists 39 departments totaling 957 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 77% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.82 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 55 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Trappe Volunteer Fire Company, MD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 55 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.