Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMerck and Company Incorporated
Elkton, VA · Rockingham County. Merck and Company Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 72 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.
- 72
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Merck and Company Incorporated pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Virginia average.
- Top 8%
- national personnel size
- +118%
- 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.
Merck and Company Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Elkton, VA (Rockingham County), with 1 station and 72 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,806 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,806 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #47 of 414
- 1.39 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Rockingham County
Merck and Company Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
72 Top 8% higher than 92% 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 16530 · Merck and Company Incorporated, VA 72 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 72
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,806
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Union Fire Company
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Union Fire Company, NY (+ 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.
- Merck and Company… (this dept) 72
- High Sparta Township, NJ 72
- Near Union Fire Company, NY 72
- Near Akron Volunteer F…, NY 72
- Near Prescott, AZ 72
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Elkton, VA
- County
- Rockingham County
- FDID
- 16530
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Merck and Company Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #47 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,806 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County roster geometry
Rockingham County HIFLD mix around Merck and Company Incorporated
Rockingham County: 11 departments, 507 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 1 combination); EMS flag on 27% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.39 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 72 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Union Fire Company, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 72 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.