Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMcDowell Volunteer Fire Department
Mcdowell, VA · Highland County. McDowell Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 30 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.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
McDowell Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Virginia average.
- Top 46%
- national personnel size
- -9%
- vs. Virginia average
- 3
- stations
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.
McDowell Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Mcdowell, VA (Highland County), with 3 stations and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,417 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,417 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #290 of 414
- 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Highland County
McDowell Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 46% higher than 54% 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 09102 · McDowell Volunteer Fire Department, VA 30 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #10,417
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pine Bardley Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Pine Bardley 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 VA department.
- McDowell Volunteer (this dept) 30
- High Anson Volunteer, WI 30
- Near Pine Bardley Volu…, MO 30
- Near Horsefly Fire Pro…, CO 30
- Near Innerarity Point…, FL 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Mcdowell, VA
- County
- Highland County
- FDID
- 09102
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How McDowell Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #290 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,417 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County roster weight
McDowell Volunteer Fire Department carries 31.3% of Highland County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (96 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 100% of the county count. County / state rollup.
10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Pine Bardley Volunteer Fire Department, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.