Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWeston County Fire Protection District
Newcastle, WY · Weston County. Weston County Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 60 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.
- 60
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Weston County Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Wyoming average.
- Top 12%
- national personnel size
- +107%
- vs. Wyoming average
- 3
- 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.
Weston County Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Newcastle, WY (Weston County), with 3 stations and 60 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,734 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,734 of 22,440
- WY personnel rank #13 of 115
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Weston County
Weston County Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
60 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 45519 · Weston County Fire Protection District, WY 60 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 60
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,734
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hinton Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hinton Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+ 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 WY department.
- Weston County Fir… (this dept) 60
- High Marshalls Creek F…, PA 60
- Near Hinton Volunteer, WV 60
- Near Village of Saukvi…, WI 60
- Near Tri-Community Vol…, MS 60
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Newcastle, WY
- County
- Weston County
- FDID
- 45519
Staffing vs the Wyoming average
How Weston County Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wyoming. In-state it ranks #13 of 115 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,734 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 10
- WY departments
- 167
County roster weight
Weston County Fire Protection District carries 37.7% of Weston County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (159 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 60% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 60 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hinton Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 60 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WY department.