Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Little Brushy Mountain Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

Wilkesboro, NC · Wilkes County. Little Brushy Mountain Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 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.

20
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Little Brushy Mountain Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the North Carolina average.

23rd pct.
national personnel size
-23%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
38/100
Little Brushy Mountain Volunteer Fire Department 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 D
20 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
20 personnel · 1 station

Little Brushy Mountain Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Wilkesboro, NC (Wilkes County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,267 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #17,267 of 22,440
  • NC personnel rank #907 of 932
  • 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 22 other listed departments in Wilkes County

Little Brushy Mountain Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution

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

20 Top 77% higher than 23% 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 09722 · Little Brushy Mountain Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NC 20 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #17,267
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bloomsdale Volunt…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Bloomsdale Volunteer Fire Department, MO (+ 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
VOLUNTEER
Location
Wilkesboro, NC
FDID
09722

Staffing vs the North Carolina average

How Little Brushy Mountain Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #907 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,267 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 23% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
131
NC departments
1,534

County roster fringe

Little Brushy Mountain Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is 4.4% of Wilkes County roster mass

The county lists 28 departments totaling 457 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 82% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Bloomsdale Volunteer Fire Department, MO (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel

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