Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderFork Union Fire Company
Fork Union, VA · Fluvanna County. Fork Union Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 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.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Fork Union Fire Company pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Virginia average.
- Top 35%
- national personnel size
- +6%
- 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 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 Union Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Fork Union, VA (Fluvanna County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,772 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,772 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #222 of 414
- 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Fluvanna County
Fork Union Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 35% higher than 65% 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 06502 · Fork Union Fire Company, VA 35 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,772
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Carolina Beach
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Carolina Beach Fire Department, NC (+ 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.
- Fork Union Fire C… (this dept) 35
- High Huntington Woods…, MI 35
- Near Carolina Beach, NC 35
- Near Castalia Voluntee…, NC 35
- Near Woodland, NC 35
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Fork Union, VA
- County
- Fluvanna County
- FDID
- 06502
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Fork Union Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #222 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,772 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County roster weight
Fork Union Fire Company carries 33.3% of Fluvanna County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (105 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 100% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Carolina Beach Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.