Department profile
VolunteerAppomattox Volunteer Fire Department
Appomattox, VA · Appomattox County. Appomattox Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 28 total personnel. 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
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Appomattox Volunteer Fire Department 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.
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.
Appomattox Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Appomattox, VA (Appomattox 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 #11,310 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,310 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #312 of 414
- 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
- 1 other listed department in Appomattox County
Appomattox Volunteer Fire Department 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 01101 · Appomattox Volunteer Fire Department, VA 28 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #11,310
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Belington Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Belington 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 VA department.
- Appomattox Volunt… (this dept) 28
- High Websters Chapel V…, AL 28
- Near Belington Volunte…, WV 28
- Near Jacobson, MN 28
- Near Berrien Springs-O…, MI 28
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Appomattox, VA
- County
- Appomattox County
- FDID
- 01101
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Appomattox Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #312 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,310 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County roster weight
Appomattox Volunteer Fire Department carries 50.0% of Appomattox County HIFLD personnel
Among 2 listed departments (56 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 100% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Belington 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 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.