Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHolly Ridge Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department
Holly Ridge, NC · Onslow County. Holly Ridge Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 34 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.
- 34
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Holly Ridge Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the North Carolina average.
- Top 37%
- national personnel size
- +31%
- 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.
Holly Ridge Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department serving Holly Ridge, NC (Onslow County), with 1 station and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,374 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,374 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #467 of 932
- 2.94 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 23 other listed departments in Onslow County
Holly Ridge Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
34 Top 37% higher than 63% 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 06707 · Holly Ridge Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, NC 34 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 34
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,374
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Los Pinos Fire Pr…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Los Pinos Fire Protection District, CO (+ 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.
- Holly Ridge Volun… (this dept) 34
- High Rocky Mount Fire…, MO 34
- Near Los Pinos Fire Pr…, CO 34
- Near Wellington Fire P…, CO 34
- Near Ferndale, MI 34
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Holly Ridge, NC
- County
- Onslow County
- FDID
- 06707
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Holly Ridge Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #467 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,374 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
Holly Ridge Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is 6.5% of Onslow County roster mass
The county lists 25 departments totaling 520 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 76% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 34 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Los Pinos Fire Protection District, CO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 34 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.