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Jot-Um-Down Volunteer Fire Department

Elkin, NC · Surry County. Jot-Um-Down Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department. 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.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Jot-Um-Down Volunteer Fire Department

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
No station count on file for this department
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
Other department profile

Jot-Um-Down Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Elkin, NC (Surry County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $348,195.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 17 other listed departments in Surry County

Dispatch plate

Sheet NC-JOT-UM-DOWN-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-NC · Jot-Um-Down Volunteer Fire Department, NC personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-LIGHT $348K
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Elkin, NC

FEMA Grant History

$348K
Cumulative funding (FY2020)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2020 EMW-2020-FF-01842 $348,195

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

County roster geometry

Surry County HIFLD mix around Jot-Um-Down Volunteer Fire Department

Surry County: 21 departments, 309 personnel (9 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 86% of departments. County / state rollup.

Nearby Departments

Dobson Fire Department
Dobson · volunteer
Elkin Fire Department
Elkin · volunteer
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Jot-Um-Down Volunteer Fire Department have?

Personnel data for Jot-Um-Down Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Jot-Um-Down Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Jot-Um-Down Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Jot-Um-Down Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Jot-Um-Down Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Jot-Um-Down Volunteer Fire Department?

Jot-Um-Down Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Surry County, NC.

Has Jot-Um-Down Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Jot-Um-Down Volunteer Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $348,195 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2020 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2020.

How many fire departments are in North Carolina?

North Carolina has 1,534 fire departments with 40,350 total personnel. 57% are volunteer departments.

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.