Department profile
VolunteerGrottoes Volunteer Fire Department
Grottoes, VA · Rockingham County. Grottoes Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 52 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 52
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Grottoes Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Virginia average.
- Top 16%
- national personnel size
- +58%
- 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.
Grottoes Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Grottoes, VA (Rockingham County), with 1 station and 52 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,584 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,584 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #104 of 414
- 1.92 stations per 100 personnel
- 9 other listed departments in Rockingham County
Grottoes Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
52 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 16520 · Grottoes Volunteer Fire Department, VA 52 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 52
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #3,584
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Winter Springs
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Winter Springs Fire Department, FL (+ 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.
- Grottoes Volunteer (this dept) 52
- High Lebanon Volunteer, WI 52
- Near Winter Springs, FL 52
- Near Seneca Hose Fire…, NY 52
- Near Longwood Fire Com…, PA 52
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Grottoes, VA
- County
- Rockingham County
- FDID
- 16520
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Grottoes Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #104 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,584 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County roster geometry
Rockingham County HIFLD mix around Grottoes Volunteer Fire Department
Rockingham County: 11 departments, 507 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 1 combination); EMS flag on 27% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.92 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 52 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Winter Springs Fire Department, FL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 52 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.