Department profile

Volunteer

Laurel Fork Fire Department

Laurel Fork, VA · Carroll County. Laurel Fork Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

35
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Laurel Fork Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Virginia average.

Top 35%
national personnel size
+6%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
77/100
Laurel Fork 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 B
35 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
35 personnel · 1 station

Laurel Fork Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Laurel Fork, VA (Carroll County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,895 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #7,895 of 22,440
  • VA personnel rank #225 of 414
  • 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
  • 3 other listed departments in Carroll County

Laurel Fork Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

35 Top 35% higher than 65% 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 03503 · Laurel Fork Fire Department, VA 35 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 35
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #7,895
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pilot Volunteer F…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Pilot Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated, NC (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Laurel Fork, VA
FDID
03503

Staffing vs the Virginia average

How Laurel Fork Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #225 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,895 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 6% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
86
VA departments
766

County roster weight

Laurel Fork Fire Department carries 28.7% of Carroll County HIFLD personnel

Among 4 listed departments (122 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 75% of the county count. County / state rollup.

2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Pilot Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated, NC (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Cana Volunteer Fire Department
Cana · volunteer
Carroll County Fire Rescue
Hillsville · other
Hillsville Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Hillsville · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel

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