Department profile
CombinationEMS ProviderGainesville Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Gainesville, VA · Prince William County. Gainesville Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Combination department, 1 station and 97 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.
- 97
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Gainesville Volunteer Fire and Rescue pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Virginia average.
- Top 4%
- national personnel size
- +194%
- 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.
Gainesville Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Combination department serving Gainesville, VA (Prince William County), with 1 station and 97 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,010 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,010 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #30 of 414
- 1.03 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Prince William County
Gainesville Volunteer Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
97 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 15304 · Gainesville Volunteer Fire and Rescue, VA 97 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-COMB · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 97
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,010
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Freehold Borough
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Freehold Borough Fire Department, NJ (+ 0 personnel)
Combination-staffed 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.
- Gainesville Volun… (this dept) 97
- High Methuen, MA 97
- Near Freehold Borough, NJ 97
- Near Townsend Fire Com…, DE 97
- Near Marin County Fire…, CA 97
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Gainesville, VA
- County
- Prince William County
- FDID
- 15304
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Gainesville Volunteer Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #30 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,010 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County staffing outlier
Combination island in a volunteer-heavy Prince William County
County mix is mostly volunteer (8 volunteer / 1 career / 3 combination), while this page is typed combination. County / state rollup.
1.03 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 97 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Freehold Borough Fire Department, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 97 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.