Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Fries Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad

Fries, VA · Grayson County. Fries Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 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.

25
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Fries Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Virginia average.

40th pct.
national personnel size
-24%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
54/100
Fries Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad

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.

Staffing capacity C
25 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
25 personnel · 1 station

Fries Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department serving Fries, VA (Grayson County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,401 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #13,401 of 22,440
  • VA personnel rank #346 of 414
  • 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 5 other listed departments in Grayson County

Fries Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

25 Top 60% higher than 40% 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 07702 · Fries Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad, VA 25 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 25
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #13,401
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hamlet Rescue and…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Hamlet Rescue and Emergency Medical Services / Hamlet City 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Fries, VA
FDID
07702

Staffing vs the Virginia average

How Fries Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #346 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,401 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 24% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
86
VA departments
766

County roster geometry

Grayson County HIFLD mix around Fries Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad

Grayson County: 6 departments, 177 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.

4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Hamlet Rescue and Emergency Medical Services / Hamlet City Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.