Department profile
VolunteerFrank Volunteer Fire Department
Newland, NC · Avery County. Frank Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Frank Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the North Carolina average.
- Top 49%
- national personnel size
- +12%
- 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.
Frank Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Newland, NC (Avery County), with 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,039 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,039 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #646 of 932
- 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Avery County
Frank Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 49% higher than 51% 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 00605 · Frank Volunteer Fire Department, NC 29 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #11,039
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sheridan
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sheridan Fire Department, CO (+ 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.
- Frank Volunteer (this dept) 29
- High Green Pond Volunt…, AL 29
- Near Sheridan, CO 29
- Near Nancy, KY 29
- Near Netarts - Oceansi…, OR 29
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Newland, NC
- County
- Avery County
- FDID
- 00605
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Frank Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #646 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,039 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
Avery County HIFLD mix around Frank Volunteer Fire Department
Avery County: 9 departments, 215 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 78% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sheridan Fire Department, CO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.