Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWest Stanly Fire Department Incorporated - Locust
Locust, NC · Stanly County. West Stanly Fire Department Incorporated - Locust is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 54 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.
- 54
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West Stanly Fire Department Incorporated - Locust pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Carolina average.
- Top 15%
- national personnel size
- +108%
- vs. North Carolina 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 Stanly Fire Department Incorporated - Locust is a Volunteer department serving Locust, NC (Stanly County), with 1 station and 54 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,402 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,402 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #111 of 932
- 1.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Stanly County
West Stanly Fire Department Incorporated - Locust vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
54 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 08409 · West Stanly Fire Department Incorporated - Locust, NC 54 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 54
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,402
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lakeland - Lanier…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lakeland - Lanier Fire and Rescue, GA (+ 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 Stanly Fire… (this dept) 54
- High Town and Country, NY 54
- Near Lakeland - Lanier…, GA 54
- Near Submarine Base Fi…, CT 54
- Near West Elmira Volun…, NY 54
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Locust, NC
- County
- Stanly County
- FDID
- 08409
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How West Stanly Fire Department Incorporated - Locust's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #111 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,402 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster geometry
Stanly County HIFLD mix around West Stanly Fire Department Incorporated - Locust
Stanly County: 18 departments, 339 personnel (8 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 89% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 54 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lakeland - Lanier Fire and Rescue, GA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 54 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.