Department profile

Volunteer

Broadway Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated

Broadway, VA · Rockingham County. Broadway Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 57 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

57
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Broadway Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Virginia average.

Top 13%
national personnel size
+73%
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
92/100
Broadway Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated

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.

Staffing capacity A
57 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
57 personnel · 1 station

Broadway Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Broadway, VA (Rockingham County), with 1 station and 57 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,881 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #2,881 of 22,440
  • VA personnel rank #85 of 414
  • 1.75 stations per 100 personnel
  • 9 other listed departments in Rockingham County

Broadway Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

57 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 16505 · Broadway Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, VA 57 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 57
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #2,881
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Moriah Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Moriah Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Broadway, VA
FDID
16505

Staffing vs the Virginia average

How Broadway Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #85 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,881 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 73% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
86
VA departments
766

County roster geometry

Rockingham County HIFLD mix around Broadway Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated

Rockingham County: 11 departments, 507 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 1 combination); EMS flag on 27% of departments. County / state rollup.

1.75 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 57 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Moriah Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.