Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBig Stone Gap Volunteer Fire Department
Big Stone Gap, VA · Wise County. Big Stone Gap Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 26 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.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Big Stone Gap Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Virginia average.
- 45th pct.
- national personnel size
- -21%
- vs. Virginia average
- 2
- 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.
Big Stone Gap Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Big Stone Gap, VA (Wise County), with 2 stations and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,412 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,412 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #335 of 414
- 7.69 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Wise County
Big Stone Gap Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 55% higher than 45% 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 19550 · Big Stone Gap Volunteer Fire Department, VA 26 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,412
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Montour Township…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Montour Township Fire Company, PA (+ 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.
- Big Stone Gap Vol… (this dept) 26
- High Indian Harbour Be…, FL 26
- Near Montour Township…, PA 26
- Near Andover Township, NJ 26
- Near Miesville Volunte…, MN 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Big Stone Gap, VA
- County
- Wise County
- FDID
- 19550
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Big Stone Gap Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #335 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,412 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County roster geometry
Wise County HIFLD mix around Big Stone Gap Volunteer Fire Department
Wise County: 9 departments, 209 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.
7.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Montour Township Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.