Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderWheeling Fire Department
Wheeling, WV · Ohio County. Wheeling Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 7 stations and 97 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.
- 97
- Total personnel
- 7
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Wheeling Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the West Virginia average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +322%
- vs. West Virginia average
- 7
- 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.
Wheeling Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Wheeling, WV (Ohio County), with 7 stations and 97 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,020 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,020 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #3 of 359
- 7.22 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Ohio County
Wheeling Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
97 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 35208 · Wheeling Fire Department, WV 97 personnel · 7 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 97
- STA-MULTI 7 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,020
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ New Hartford
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: New Hartford Fire Department, NY (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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 WV department.
- Wheeling (this dept) 97
- High Massport Fire and…, MA 97
- Near New Hartford, NY 97
- Near Springfield Towns…, OH 97
- Near Terrytown 5th Dis…, LA 97
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Wheeling, WV
- County
- Ohio County
- FDID
- 35208
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How Wheeling Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #3 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,020 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 7
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- WV departments
- 511
County roster weight
Wheeling Fire Department carries 37.9% of Ohio County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (256 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 56% of the county count. County / state rollup.
7.22 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (7 stations / 97 roster).
Photo-finish peer: New Hartford Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 97 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.