Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Locust Creek Volunteer Fire Department

Bumpass, VA · Louisa County. Locust Creek Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 37 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.

37
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Locust Creek Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Virginia average.

Top 31%
national personnel size
+12%
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
80/100
Locust Creek 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 B
37 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
37 personnel · 1 station

Locust Creek Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bumpass, VA (Louisa County), with 1 station and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,064 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #7,064 of 22,440
  • VA personnel rank #196 of 414
  • 2.70 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 6 other listed departments in Louisa County

Locust Creek Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

37 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 10903 · Locust Creek Volunteer Fire Department, VA 37 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 37
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #7,064
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Claiborne County
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Claiborne County Fire Department, MS (+ 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
Bumpass, VA
FDID
10903

Staffing vs the Virginia average

How Locust Creek Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #196 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,064 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 12% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
86
VA departments
766

County roster weight

Locust Creek Volunteer Fire Department carries 35.6% of Louisa County HIFLD personnel

Among 7 listed departments (104 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 86% of the county count. County / state rollup.

2.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 37 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Claiborne County Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 37 personnel

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