Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderDanville Fire Department
Danville, VA · Danville City County. Danville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 7 stations and 123 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.
- 123
- Total personnel
- 7
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Danville Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Virginia average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +273%
- vs. Virginia average
- 7
- 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.
Danville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Danville, VA (Danville City County), with 7 stations and 123 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #641 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #641 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #23 of 414
- 5.69 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 1 other listed department in Danville City County
Danville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
123 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 59000 · Danville Fire Department, VA 123 personnel · 7 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 123
- STA-MULTI 7 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #641
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tuolumne County
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Tuolumne County Fire Department, CA (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Danville (this dept) 123
- High Woodmere Voluntee…, NY 123
- Near Tuolumne County, CA 123
- Near Schenectady, NY 123
- Near Santa Barbara City, CA 123
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Danville, VA
- County
- Danville City County
- FDID
- 59000
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Danville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #23 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #641 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 7
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County roster weight
Danville Fire Department carries 67.2% of Danville City County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (183 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 25% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (7 stations / 123 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Tuolumne County Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 123 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.