Department profile
VolunteerGlen Alpine Volunteer Fire Department
Morganton, NC · Burke County. Glen Alpine Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 31
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Glen Alpine Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the North Carolina average.
- Top 43%
- 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.
Glen Alpine Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Morganton, NC (Burke County), with 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,572 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,572 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #561 of 932
- 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
- 18 other listed departments in Burke County
Glen Alpine Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
31 Top 43% higher than 57% 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 01269 · Glen Alpine Volunteer Fire Department, NC 31 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 31
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #9,572
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Springfield Depar…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Springfield Department of Public Safety, MI (+ 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.
- Glen Alpine Volun… (this dept) 31
- High Fairview Fire and…, AL 31
- Near Springfield Depar…, MI 31
- Near Sugar Loaf Fire P…, CO 31
- Near Edwardsburg, MI 31
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Morganton, NC
- County
- Burke County
- FDID
- 01269
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Glen Alpine Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #561 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,572 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
Glen Alpine Volunteer Fire Department is 5.0% of Burke County roster mass
The county lists 23 departments totaling 614 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 4% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Springfield Department of Public Safety, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 31 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.