Department profile
CombinationWest Wendover Fire Department
West Wendover, NV · Elko County. West Wendover Fire Department is a Combination department, 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 23
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
West Wendover Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Nevada average.
- 31st pct.
- national personnel size
- -15%
- vs. Nevada 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 Wendover Fire Department is a Combination department serving West Wendover, NV (Elko County), with 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,384 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #15,384 of 22,440
- NV personnel rank #38 of 62
- 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
- 22 other listed departments in Elko County
West Wendover Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
23 Top 69% higher than 31% 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 05004 · West Wendover Fire Department, NV 23 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-COMB · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 23
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #15,384
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Boaz Fire and Res…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Boaz Fire and Rescue, AL (+ 0 personnel)
Combination-staffed 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 NV department.
- West Wendover (this dept) 23
- High Dunken Volunteer, NM 23
- Near Boaz Fire and Res…, AL 23
- Near Mendon, UT 23
- Near Zinc Volunteer, AR 23
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- West Wendover, NV
- County
- Elko County
- FDID
- 05004
Staffing vs the Nevada average
How West Wendover Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nevada. In-state it ranks #38 of 62 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,384 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 40
- NV departments
- 156
County roster fringe
West Wendover Fire Department is 5.6% of Elko County roster mass
The county lists 24 departments totaling 414 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 38% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 23 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Boaz Fire and Rescue, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 23 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NV department.