Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHugo Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Incorporated
Grifton, NC · Lenoir County. Hugo Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 54 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.
- 54
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Hugo Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Incorporated pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Carolina average.
- Top 15%
- national personnel size
- +108%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 3
- stations
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.
Hugo Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Grifton, NC (Lenoir County), with 3 stations and 54 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,348 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,348 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #106 of 932
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Lenoir County
Hugo Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
54 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 05432 · Hugo Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Incorporated, NC 54 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 54
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,348
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Belltown
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Belltown Fire Department, 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.
- Hugo Volunteer Fi… (this dept) 54
- High Federalsburg Volu…, MD 54
- Near Belltown, CT 54
- Near Alabaster Fire an…, AL 54
- Near Center Line Depar…, MI 54
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Grifton, NC
- County
- Lenoir County
- FDID
- 05432
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Hugo Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #106 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,348 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster geometry
Lenoir County HIFLD mix around Hugo Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Incorporated
Lenoir County: 10 departments, 285 personnel (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 60% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 54 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Belltown Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 54 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.