Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWestern Wake Fire and Rescue Incorporated
Raleigh, NC · Wake County. Western Wake Fire and Rescue Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 42 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.
- 42
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Western Wake Fire and Rescue Incorporated pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the North Carolina average.
- Top 25%
- national personnel size
- +62%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 2
- 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.
Western Wake Fire and Rescue Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Raleigh, NC (Wake County), with 2 stations and 42 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,639 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,639 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #259 of 932
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 24 other listed departments in Wake County
Western Wake Fire and Rescue Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
42 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 09229 · Western Wake Fire and Rescue Incorporated, NC 42 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 42
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,639
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Orchard Farm Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Orchard Farm Fire Protection District, MO (+ 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 NC department.
- Western Wake Fire… (this dept) 42
- High Paris Fire Depart…, KY 42
- Near Orchard Farm Fire…, MO 42
- Near Saugus, MA 42
- Near Nottingham, PA 42
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Raleigh, NC
- County
- Wake County
- FDID
- 09229
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Western Wake Fire and Rescue Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #259 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,639 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster fringe
Western Wake Fire and Rescue Incorporated is 2.5% of Wake County roster mass
The county lists 37 departments totaling 1,707 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 84% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 42 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Orchard Farm Fire Protection District, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 42 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.