Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderFork Mountain Fire Department and Rescue Squad
Bakersville, NC · Mitchell County. Fork Mountain Fire Department and Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 34 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.
- 34
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Fork Mountain Fire Department and Rescue Squad pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the North Carolina average.
- Top 37%
- national personnel size
- +31%
- vs. North Carolina 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 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.
Fork Mountain Fire Department and Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department serving Bakersville, NC (Mitchell County), with 1 station and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,336 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,336 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #463 of 932
- 2.94 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Mitchell County
Fork Mountain Fire Department and Rescue Squad vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
34 Top 37% higher than 63% 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 06109 · Fork Mountain Fire Department and Rescue Squad, NC 34 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 34
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,336
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Candy Kitchen Vol…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Candy Kitchen Volunteer Fire Department / Emergency Medical Services, NM (+ 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.
- Fork Mountain Fir… (this dept) 34
- High Ferndale, MI 34
- Near Candy Kitchen Vol…, NM 34
- Near Clifton, AZ 34
- Near Cook Springs Volu…, AL 34
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bakersville, NC
- County
- Mitchell County
- FDID
- 06109
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Fork Mountain Fire Department and Rescue Squad's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #463 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,336 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster geometry
Mitchell County HIFLD mix around Fork Mountain Fire Department and Rescue Squad
Mitchell County: 8 departments, 162 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 63% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 34 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Candy Kitchen Volunteer Fire Department / Emergency Medical Services, NM (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 34 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.