Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCherry Mountain Volunteer Fire Department
Bostic, NC · Rutherford County. Cherry Mountain Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 26 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.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Cherry Mountain Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the North Carolina average.
- 45th pct.
- national personnel size
- +0%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 3
- 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.
Cherry Mountain Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bostic, NC (Rutherford County), with 3 stations and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,455 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,455 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #737 of 932
- 11.54 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 17 other listed departments in Rutherford County
Cherry Mountain Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 55% higher than 45% 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 08106 · Cherry Mountain Volunteer Fire Department, NC 26 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,455
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Craig Rural Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Craig Rural Fire Protection District, CO (+ 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 NC department.
- Cherry Mountain V… (this dept) 26
- High Millen Jenkins Co…, GA 26
- Near Craig Rural Fire…, CO 26
- Near Broxton, OK 26
- Near Heath Rural Fire…, MT 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bostic, NC
- County
- Rutherford County
- FDID
- 08106
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Cherry Mountain Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #737 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,455 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster fringe
Cherry Mountain Volunteer Fire Department is 4.2% of Rutherford County roster mass
The county lists 21 departments totaling 618 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 52% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
11.54 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Craig Rural Fire Protection District, CO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.