Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderFall Creek Volunteer Fire Department of Avery County Incorporated
Elk Park, NC · Avery County. Fall Creek Volunteer Fire Department of Avery County Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 27 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.
- 27
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Fall Creek Volunteer Fire Department of Avery County Incorporated pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the North Carolina average.
- 46th pct.
- national personnel size
- +4%
- vs. North Carolina 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.
Fall Creek Volunteer Fire Department of Avery County Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Elk Park, NC (Avery County), with 2 stations and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,031 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,031 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #708 of 932
- 7.41 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Avery County
Fall Creek Volunteer Fire Department of Avery County Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
27 Top 54% higher than 46% 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 00608 · Fall Creek Volunteer Fire Department of Avery County Incorporated, NC 27 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 27
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,031
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cascade Locks Fir…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cascade Locks Fire and Emergency Medical Services, OR (+ 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 NC department.
- Fall Creek Volunt… (this dept) 27
- High City of Alpena, MI 27
- Near Cascade Locks Fir…, OR 27
- Near Mount Victory, KY 27
- Near Bronston-Quinton…, KY 27
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Elk Park, NC
- County
- Avery County
- FDID
- 00608
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Fall Creek Volunteer Fire Department of Avery County Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #708 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,031 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster geometry
Avery County HIFLD mix around Fall Creek Volunteer Fire Department of Avery County Incorporated
Avery County: 9 departments, 215 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 78% of departments. County / state rollup.
7.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 27 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cascade Locks Fire and Emergency Medical Services, OR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 27 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.