Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Altavista Fire Company

Altavista, VA · Campbell County. Altavista Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 28 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.

28
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Altavista Fire Company pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount below the Virginia average.

Top 50%
national personnel size
-15%
vs. Virginia 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
62/100
Altavista Fire Company

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
28 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
28 personnel · 1 station

Altavista Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Altavista, VA (Campbell County), with 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,301 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #11,301 of 22,440
  • VA personnel rank #310 of 414
  • 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 10 other listed departments in Campbell County

Altavista Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution

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

28 Top 50% higher than 50% 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 03110 · Altavista Fire Company, VA 28 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 28
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #11,301
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Frazee
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Frazee Fire Department, MN (+ 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 VA department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Altavista, VA
FDID
03110

Staffing vs the Virginia average

How Altavista Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #310 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,301 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 15% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
86
VA departments
766

County roster fringe

Altavista Fire Company is 8.5% of Campbell County roster mass

The county lists 12 departments totaling 331 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 67% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 28 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Frazee Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel

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