Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWest York Fire Department
York, PA · York County. West York Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 177 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.
- 177
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West York Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Pennsylvania average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +406%
- vs. Pennsylvania 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 York Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving York, PA (York County), with 1 station and 177 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #293 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #293 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #15 of 1,275
- 0.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 43 other listed departments in York County
West York Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
177 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 67001 · West York Fire Department, PA 177 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 177
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #293
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wilmington
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Wilmington Fire Department, DE (+ 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 PA department.
- West York (this dept) 177
- High Sioux Falls Fire…, SD 177
- Near Wilmington, DE 177
- Low Kettering, OH 176
- Near Central Fire Prot…, CA 176
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- York, PA
- County
- York County
- FDID
- 67001
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How West York Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #15 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #293 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- PA departments
- 2,427
County roster fringe
West York Fire Department is 6.3% of York County roster mass
The county lists 61 departments totaling 2,805 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
0.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 177 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Wilmington Fire Department, DE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 177 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.