Department profile
CombinationChristiansburg Volunteer Fire Department
Christiansburg, VA · Montgomery County. Christiansburg Volunteer Fire Department is a Combination department, 1 station and 47 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 47
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Christiansburg Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Virginia average.
- Top 20%
- national personnel size
- +42%
- 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.
Christiansburg Volunteer Fire Department is a Combination department serving Christiansburg, VA (Montgomery County), with 1 station and 47 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,415 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,415 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #124 of 414
- 2.13 stations per 100 personnel
- 6 other listed departments in Montgomery County
Christiansburg Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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 12103 · Christiansburg Volunteer Fire Department, VA 47 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-COMB · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 47
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #4,415
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Laurence Harbor
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Laurence Harbor Fire Department, NJ (+ 0 personnel)
Combination-staffed 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.
- Christiansburg Vo… (this dept) 47
- High Center of Rutland…, VT 47
- Near Laurence Harbor, NJ 47
- Near Southeast Weld Fi…, CO 47
- Near Fort Lupton Fire…, CO 47
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Christiansburg, VA
- County
- Montgomery County
- FDID
- 12103
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Christiansburg Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #124 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,415 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County roster weight
Christiansburg Volunteer Fire Department carries 25.8% of Montgomery County HIFLD personnel
Among 8 listed departments (182 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 38% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 47 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Laurence Harbor Fire Department, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 47 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.