Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBoykins Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated
Boykins, VA · Southampton County. Boykins Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 33 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.
- 33
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Boykins Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Virginia average.
- Top 38%
- national personnel size
- +0%
- 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.
Boykins Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Boykins, VA (Southampton County), with 1 station and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,594 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,594 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #251 of 414
- 3.03 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Southampton County
Boykins Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
33 Top 38% higher than 62% 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 17501 · Boykins Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated, VA 33 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 33
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,594
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Coolin Cavanaugh…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Coolin Cavanaugh Bay Fire District, ID (+ 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.
- Boykins Volunteer… (this dept) 33
- High Mayfield Village, OH 33
- Near Coolin Cavanaugh…, ID 33
- Near California Depart…, CA 33
- Near Ashland, MA 33
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Boykins, VA
- County
- Southampton County
- FDID
- 17501
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Boykins Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #251 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,594 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County roster geometry
Southampton County HIFLD mix around Boykins Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated
Southampton County: 9 departments, 241 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 78% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.03 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 33 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Coolin Cavanaugh Bay Fire District, ID (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 33 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.