Department profile

Volunteer

Western Coventry Fire District

Coventry, RI · Kent County. Western Coventry Fire District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

35
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Western Coventry Fire District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Rhode Island average.

Top 37%
national personnel size
-8%
vs. Rhode Island 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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
77/100
Western Coventry Fire District

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.

Staffing capacity B
35 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
35 personnel · 1 station

Western Coventry Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Coventry, RI (Kent County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,212 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #8,212 of 22,440
  • RI personnel rank #37 of 66
  • 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
  • 12 other listed departments in Kent County

Western Coventry Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

35 Top 37% higher than 63% 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 00609 · Western Coventry Fire District, RI 35 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 35
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-UPPER #8,212
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Elberta Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Elberta Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 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 RI department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Coventry, RI
FDID
00609

Staffing vs the Rhode Island average

How Western Coventry Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Rhode Island. In-state it ranks #37 of 66 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,212 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 8% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
9
RI departments
111

County roster fringe

Western Coventry Fire District is 6.0% of Kent County roster mass

The county lists 18 departments totaling 582 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 72% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Elberta Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every RI department.