Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCastleton Community Volunteer Fire Department
Castleton, VA · Rappahannock County. Castleton Community Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 21 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.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Castleton Community Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Virginia average.
- 28th pct.
- national personnel size
- -36%
- 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.
Castleton Community Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Castleton, VA (Rappahannock County), with 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,160 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,160 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #377 of 414
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Rappahannock County
Castleton Community Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 72% higher than 28% 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 15705 · Castleton Community Volunteer Fire Department, VA 21 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,160
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Monette Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Monette Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+ 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.
- Castleton Communi… (this dept) 21
- High Oakland Volunteer, WI 21
- Near Monette Volunteer, AR 21
- Near Mansfield Fire De…, LA 21
- Near Solon Springs Vol…, WI 21
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Castleton, VA
- County
- Rappahannock County
- FDID
- 15705
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Castleton Community Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #377 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,160 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
Rappahannock County HIFLD mix around Castleton Community Volunteer Fire Department
Rappahannock County: 6 departments, 154 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 83% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Monette Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.