Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderLower King and Queen Volunteer Fire Department
Shacklefords, VA · King And Queen County. Lower King and Queen Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 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.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Lower King and Queen Volunteer 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.
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.
Lower King and Queen Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Shacklefords, VA (King And Queen 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 #7,922 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,922 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #226 of 414
- 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in King And Queen County
Lower King and Queen Volunteer 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 09702 · Lower King and Queen Volunteer Fire Department, VA 35 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,922
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wilkesboro
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Wilkesboro Fire Department, 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.
- Lower King and Qu… (this dept) 35
- High Douglas Volunteer, WY 35
- Near Wilkesboro, NC 35
- Near Mallinckrodt Chem…, MO 35
- Near Glenrock-Converse…, WY 35
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Shacklefords, VA
- County
- King And Queen County
- FDID
- 09702
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Lower King and Queen Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #226 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,922 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
Lower King and Queen Volunteer Fire Department carries 50.0% of King And Queen County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (70 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 60% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Wilkesboro Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.