Department profile

Combination

Dublin Volunteer Fire Department

Dublin, VA · Pulaski County. Dublin Volunteer Fire Department is a Combination department, 1 station and 37 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

37
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Dublin Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Virginia average.

Top 31%
national personnel size
+12%
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
80/100
Dublin Volunteer Fire Department

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 B
37 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
37 personnel · 1 station

Dublin Volunteer Fire Department is a Combination department serving Dublin, VA (Pulaski County), with 1 station and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,993 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #6,993 of 22,440
  • VA personnel rank #192 of 414
  • 2.70 stations per 100 personnel
  • 9 other listed departments in Pulaski County

Dublin Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

37 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 15502 · Dublin Volunteer Fire Department, VA 37 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 37
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-COMB Combination
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #6,993
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Parrish Fire Dist…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Parrish Fire District, FL (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
COMBINATION
Location
Dublin, VA
FDID
15502

Staffing vs the Virginia average

How Dublin Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #192 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,993 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 12% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
86
VA departments
766

County staffing outlier

Combination island in a volunteer-heavy Pulaski County

County mix is mostly volunteer (8 volunteer / 0 career / 1 combination), while this page is typed combination. County / state rollup.

2.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 37 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Parrish Fire District, FL (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

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Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 37 personnel

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