Department profile

Volunteer

Gladys Volunteer Fire Department

Gladys, VA · Campbell County. Gladys Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 total personnel. 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
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Gladys Volunteer Fire Department 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
Gladys Volunteer Fire Department

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
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
25 personnel · 1 station

Gladys Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Gladys, VA (Campbell 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 #13,419 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #13,419 of 22,440
  • VA personnel rank #347 of 414
  • 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • 10 other listed departments in Campbell County

Gladys Volunteer Fire Department 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 03114 · Gladys Volunteer Fire Department, VA 25 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 25
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-MID #13,419
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Union Volunteer F…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Union Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, CT (+ 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
Gladys, VA
FDID
03114

Staffing vs the Virginia average

How Gladys Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #347 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,419 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 fringe

Gladys Volunteer Fire Department is 7.6% of Campbell County roster mass

The county lists 12 departments totaling 331 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 67% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

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

Photo-finish peer: Union Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, CT (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel

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