Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderAshford-North Cove Volunteer Fire Department
Marion, NC · Mcdowell County. Ashford-North Cove Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 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.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Ashford-North Cove Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the North Carolina average.
- 26th pct.
- national personnel size
- -23%
- vs. North Carolina 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.
Ashford-North Cove Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Marion, NC (Mcdowell County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,660 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,660 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #900 of 932
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Mcdowell County
Ashford-North Cove Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 74% higher than 26% 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 05601 · Ashford-North Cove Volunteer Fire Department, NC 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,660
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ East Randolph Cou…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: East Randolph County Fire Department, AL (+ 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 NC department.
- Ashford-North Cov… (this dept) 20
- High Hurtsboro Volunte…, AL 20
- Near East Randolph Cou…, AL 20
- Near Mills Township, MI 20
- Near Gourley Township…, MI 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Marion, NC
- County
- Mcdowell County
- FDID
- 05601
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Ashford-North Cove Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #900 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,660 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster fringe
Ashford-North Cove Volunteer Fire Department is 8.7% of Mcdowell County roster mass
The county lists 11 departments totaling 231 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 73% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: East Randolph County Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.