Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Hudson Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated

Hudson, NC · Caldwell County. Hudson Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 41 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.

41
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Hudson Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the North Carolina average.

Top 25%
national personnel size
+58%
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
84/100
Hudson Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated

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 A
41 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
41 personnel · 1 station

Hudson Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Hudson, NC (Caldwell County), with 1 station and 41 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,714 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #5,714 of 22,440
  • NC personnel rank #269 of 932
  • 2.44 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 12 other listed departments in Caldwell County

Hudson Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

41 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 01405 · Hudson Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated, NC 41 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 41
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #5,714
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Norfolk Volunteer…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Norfolk 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 NC department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Hudson, NC
FDID
01405

Staffing vs the North Carolina average

How Hudson Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #269 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,714 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 58% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
131
NC departments
1,534

County roster fringe

Hudson Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated is 8.2% of Caldwell County roster mass

The county lists 14 departments totaling 503 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.44 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 41 roster).

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

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 41 personnel

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