Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Celanese Celco Acetate - Fire Brigade

Narrows, VA · Giles County. Celanese Celco Acetate - Fire Brigade is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 41 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.

41
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Celanese Celco Acetate - Fire Brigade pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Virginia average.

Top 25%
national personnel size
+24%
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
84/100
Celanese Celco Acetate - Fire Brigade

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
41 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
41 personnel · 1 station

Celanese Celco Acetate - Fire Brigade is a Volunteer department serving Narrows, VA (Giles County), with 1 station and 41 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,666 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #5,666 of 22,440
  • VA personnel rank #163 of 414
  • 2.44 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in Giles County

Celanese Celco Acetate - Fire Brigade vs. the national personnel distribution

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

41 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 51071 · Celanese Celco Acetate - Fire Brigade, VA 41 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 41
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #5,666
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Amherst
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Amherst Fire Department, NH (+ 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
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Narrows, VA
FDID
51071

Staffing vs the Virginia average

How Celanese Celco Acetate - Fire Brigade's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #163 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,666 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 24% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
86
VA departments
766

County roster geometry

Giles County HIFLD mix around Celanese Celco Acetate - Fire Brigade

Giles County: 9 departments, 269 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.

2.44 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 41 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Amherst Fire Department, NH (+0 personnel).

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

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Poplar Hill Volunteer Fire Department
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Rich Creek Volunteer Fire Department
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 41 personnel

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