Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderLake of the Woods Fire and Rescue
Locust Grove, VA · Orange County. Lake of the Woods Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 100 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.
- 100
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Lake of the Woods Fire and Rescue pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Virginia average.
- Top 4%
- national personnel size
- +203%
- 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.
Lake of the Woods Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Locust Grove, VA (Orange County), with 1 station and 100 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #944 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #944 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #29 of 414
- 1.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Orange County
Lake of the Woods Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
100 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 13703 · Lake of the Woods Fire and Rescue, VA 100 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 100
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #944
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chestertown Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Chestertown Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, MD (+ 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.
- Lake of the Woods… (this dept) 100
- High Amherst, MA 100
- Near Chestertown Volun…, MD 100
- Near Atlantic Highland…, NJ 100
- Near Wharton, NJ 100
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Locust Grove, VA
- County
- Orange County
- FDID
- 13703
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Lake of the Woods Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #29 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #944 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County roster weight
Lake of the Woods Fire and Rescue carries 50.3% of Orange County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (199 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 100% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 100 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Chestertown Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, MD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 100 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.