Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderGerton Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Incorporated
Gerton, NC · Henderson County. Gerton Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 21 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.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Gerton Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Incorporated pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the North Carolina average.
- 28th pct.
- national personnel size
- -19%
- 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.
Gerton Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Gerton, NC (Henderson County), with 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,254 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,254 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #891 of 932
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Henderson County
Gerton Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 72% higher than 28% 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 04511 · Gerton Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Incorporated, NC 21 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,254
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Armstrong Fire Pr…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Armstrong Fire Protection District, MO (+ 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.
- Gerton Volunteer… (this dept) 21
- High Orion Volunteer, OK 21
- Near Armstrong Fire Pr…, MO 21
- Near Deerfield Township, MI 21
- Near Imlay City, MI 21
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Gerton, NC
- County
- Henderson County
- FDID
- 04511
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Gerton Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #891 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,254 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 fringe
Gerton Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Incorporated is 5.5% of Henderson County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 384 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 94% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Armstrong Fire Protection District, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.