Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderWest Warwick Fire Department
West Warwick, RI · Kent County. West Warwick Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 65 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.
- 65
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West Warwick Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount well above the Rhode Island average.
- Top 10%
- national personnel size
- +71%
- vs. Rhode Island average
- 4
- stations
- $17,843,187
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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 Warwick Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving West Warwick, RI (Kent County), with 4 stations and 65 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,285 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $17,843,187.
- National personnel rank #2,285 of 22,440
- RI personnel rank #15 of 66
- 6.15 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Kent County
West Warwick Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
65 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 03800 · West Warwick Fire Department, RI 65 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 65
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,285
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Crowders Mountain…
- FEMA-HEAVY $17.8M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Crowders Mountain Volunteer Fire and Rescue, 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 RI department.
- West Warwick (this dept) 65
- High Sugarcreek Townsh…, PA 65
- Near Crowders Mountain…, NC 65
- Near Mount Holly Fire…, NJ 65
- Near Security Fire Pro…, CO 65
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- West Warwick, RI
- County
- Kent County
- FDID
- 03800
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FG-06226 | $1,000,000 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FF-01165 | $6,321,969.2 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-03948 | $743,452.31 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-14310 | $899,392.73 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-03786 | $1,119,836.17 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FV-00994 | $633,789 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FO03066 | $949,459 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FO02295 | $672,567 |
| 2012 | EMW2011FH00384 | $3,108,382 |
| 2012 | EMW-2012-FO-0322 | $741,741 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Rhode Island average
How West Warwick Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Rhode Island. In-state it ranks #15 of 66 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,285 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 9
- RI departments
- 111
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Kent County
County mix is mostly volunteer (6 volunteer / 5 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
6.15 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 65 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Crowders Mountain Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NC (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 65 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every RI department.