Department profile
VolunteerBland County Volunteer Fire Department
Bland, VA · Bland County. Bland County Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Bland County Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Virginia average.
- Top 44%
- national personnel size
- -9%
- 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.
Bland County Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bland, VA (Bland County), with 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,903 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,903 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #278 of 414
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 5 other listed departments in Bland County
Bland County Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 44% higher than 56% 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 02101 · Bland County Volunteer Fire Department, VA 30 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #9,903
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bynumville
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bynumville Fire Department, MO (+ 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.
- Bland County Volu… (this dept) 30
- High Bridgeville Volun…, PA 30
- Near Bynumville, MO 30
- Near Edenton, NC 30
- Near Gladstone Departm…, MI 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bland, VA
- County
- Bland County
- FDID
- 02101
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Bland County Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #278 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,903 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County roster weight
Bland County Volunteer Fire Department carries 38.0% of Bland County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (79 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 83% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bynumville Fire Department, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.