Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderElliston Volunteer Fire Department
Elliston, VA · Montgomery County. Elliston Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 28 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.
- 28
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Elliston Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Virginia average.
- 49th pct.
- national personnel size
- -15%
- vs. Virginia average
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.
Elliston Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Elliston, VA (Montgomery County) and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,451 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,451 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #314 of 414
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Montgomery County
Elliston Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 51% higher than 49% 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 12104 · Elliston Volunteer Fire Department, VA 28 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,451
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Henderson
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Henderson Fire Department, TN (+ 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.
- Elliston Volunteer (this dept) 28
- High Wauzeka Volunteer…, WI 28
- Near Henderson, TN 28
- Near Willow Creek Volu…, CA 28
- Near Eloy Fire District, AZ 28
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Elliston, VA
- County
- Montgomery County
- FDID
- 12104
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Elliston Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #314 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,451 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County roster geometry
Montgomery County HIFLD mix around Elliston Volunteer Fire Department
Montgomery County: 8 departments, 182 personnel (3 volunteer / 0 career / 2 combination); EMS flag on 25% of departments. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Henderson Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.