Department profile
VolunteerWestwood Volunteer Fire Company
Johnstown, PA · Cambria County. Westwood Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Westwood Volunteer Fire Company pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Pennsylvania average.
- 16th pct.
- national personnel size
- -49%
- vs. Pennsylvania average
- 1
- station
- $1,065,010
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Westwood Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Johnstown, PA (Cambria County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,944 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,065,010.
- National personnel rank #18,944 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #1,213 of 1,275
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- 42 other listed departments in Cambria County
Westwood Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 84% higher than 16% 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 11030 · Westwood Volunteer Fire Company, PA 18 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #18,944
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Melrose Volunteer
- FEMA-MID $1.1M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Melrose Volunteer Fire Department, FL (+ 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.
- Westwood Voluntee… (this dept) 18
- High Benson, VT 18
- Near Melrose Volunteer, FL 18
- Near Hamilton Township…, NJ 18
- Near Craryville Volunt…, NY 18
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Johnstown, PA
- County
- Cambria County
- FDID
- 11030
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FF-01941 | $44,000 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FF-00112 | $580,428 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FO07031 | $190,478 |
| 2016 | EMW2015FR00242 | $189,739 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FF00540 | $22,486 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FF00554 | $37,880 |
| 2008 | EMW2007FF00896 | $-1 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Westwood Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #1,213 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,944 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
Westwood Volunteer Fire Company is 0.8% of Cambria County roster mass
The county lists 53 departments totaling 2,354 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 17% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Melrose Volunteer Fire Department, FL (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.