Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderWest Valley City Fire Department
West Valley City, UT · Salt Lake County. West Valley City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 77 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.
- 77
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West Valley City Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Utah average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +285%
- vs. Utah average
- 5
- 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 Valley City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving West Valley City, UT (Salt Lake County), with 5 stations and 77 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,602 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,602 of 22,440
- UT personnel rank #8 of 162
- 6.49 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Salt Lake County
West Valley City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
77 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 35014 · West Valley City Fire Department, UT 77 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 77
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,602
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Greenwood Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Greenwood Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, DE (+ 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 UT department.
- West Valley City (this dept) 77
- High New Albany, IN 77
- Near Greenwood Volunte…, DE 77
- Near Barnard, NY 77
- Near Tylersport Volunt…, PA 77
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- West Valley City, UT
- County
- Salt Lake County
- FDID
- 35014
Staffing vs the Utah average
How West Valley City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Utah. In-state it ranks #8 of 162 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,602 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 26
- UT departments
- 271
County roster fringe
West Valley City Fire Department is 8.6% of Salt Lake County roster mass
The county lists 19 departments totaling 893 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 95% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.49 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 77 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Greenwood Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, DE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 77 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every UT department.