Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMills River Fire and Rescue Incorporated
Horse Shoe, NC · Henderson County. Mills River Fire and Rescue Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 56 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.
- 56
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Mills River Fire and Rescue Incorporated pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Carolina average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +115%
- 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.
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.
Mills River Fire and Rescue Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Horse Shoe, NC (Henderson County), with 1 station and 56 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,018 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,018 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #89 of 932
- 1.79 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Henderson County
Mills River Fire and Rescue Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
56 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 04509 · Mills River Fire and Rescue Incorporated, NC 56 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 56
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,018
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Underwood-Petersv…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Underwood-Petersville Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 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.
- Mills River Fire… (this dept) 56
- High Berkley, MA 56
- Near Underwood-Petersv…, AL 56
- Near Scotland Volunteer, CT 56
- Near Chews Landing, NJ 56
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Horse Shoe, NC
- County
- Henderson County
- FDID
- 04509
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Mills River Fire and Rescue Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #89 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,018 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster geometry
Henderson County HIFLD mix around Mills River Fire and Rescue Incorporated
Henderson County: 16 departments, 384 personnel (8 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 94% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.79 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 56 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Underwood-Petersville Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 56 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.