Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCovington Fire Department and Rescue Squad
Covington, VA · Covington City County. Covington Fire Department and Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 58 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.
- 58
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Covington Fire Department and Rescue Squad pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Virginia average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +76%
- vs. Virginia average
- 2
- 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.
Covington Fire Department and Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department serving Covington, VA (Covington City County), with 2 stations and 58 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,824 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,824 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #81 of 414
- 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 1 other listed department in Covington City County
Covington Fire Department and Rescue Squad vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
58 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 58000 · Covington Fire Department and Rescue Squad, VA 58 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 58
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,824
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Weber Fire Distri…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Weber Fire District, UT (+ 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.
- Covington Fire De… (this dept) 58
- High Wyandanch Volunte…, NY 58
- Near Weber Fire Distri…, UT 58
- Near Ardsley, NY 58
- Near Freeville, NY 58
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Covington, VA
- County
- Covington City County
- FDID
- 58000
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Covington Fire Department and Rescue Squad's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #81 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,824 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County roster weight
Covington Fire Department and Rescue Squad carries 100.0% of Covington City County HIFLD personnel
Among 3 listed departments (58 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 67% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 58 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Weber Fire District, UT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nationwide volunteer peers near 58 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.