Department profile
CombinationEMS ProviderFairfax County Fire and Rescue Department
Fairfax, VA · Fairfax City County. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department is a Combination department, 2 stations and 103 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.
- 103
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Virginia average.
- Top 4%
- national personnel size
- +212%
- 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.
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department is a Combination department serving Fairfax, VA (Fairfax City County), with 2 stations and 103 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #879 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #879 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #27 of 414
- 1.94 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 1 other listed department in Fairfax City County
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
103 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 60000 · Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, VA 103 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-COMB · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 103
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #879
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Menomonee Falls
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Menomonee Falls Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Fairfax County Fi… (this dept) 103
- High Menlo Park Fire P…, CA 103
- Near Menomonee Falls, WI 103
- Near Franklin Township, IN 103
- Near Williamsburg Coun…, SC 103
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Fairfax, VA
- County
- Fairfax City County
- FDID
- 60000
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #27 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #879 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
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department carries 100.0% of Fairfax City County HIFLD personnel
Among 2 listed departments (103 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 103 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Menomonee Falls Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 103 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.