Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMineral Springs Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad
Winston Salem, NC · Forsyth County. Mineral Springs Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 38 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.
- 38
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Mineral Springs Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the North Carolina average.
- Top 30%
- national personnel size
- +46%
- 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.
Mineral Springs Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department serving Winston Salem, NC (Forsyth County), with 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,802 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,802 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #344 of 932
- 2.63 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Forsyth County
Mineral Springs Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
38 Top 30% higher than 70% 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 03410 · Mineral Springs Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad, NC 38 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 38
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,802
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Goodhope Fire Dep…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Goodhope Fire Department Incorporated, 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 NC department.
- Mineral Springs V… (this dept) 38
- High Watch Hill, RI 38
- Near Goodhope Fire Dep…, MO 38
- Near Burrell Township…, PA 38
- Near West Kittanning, PA 38
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Winston Salem, NC
- County
- Forsyth County
- FDID
- 03410
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Mineral Springs Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #344 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,802 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 fringe
Mineral Springs Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad is 3.7% of Forsyth County roster mass
The county lists 24 departments totaling 1,020 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 88% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.63 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 38 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Goodhope Fire Department Incorporated, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 38 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.