Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMountain Home Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated
Hendersonville, NC · Henderson County. Mountain Home Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 37 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.
- 37
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Mountain Home Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the North Carolina average.
- Top 32%
- national personnel size
- +42%
- vs. North Carolina 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.
Mountain Home Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Hendersonville, NC (Henderson County), with 3 stations and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,087 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,087 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #369 of 932
- 8.11 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Henderson County
Mountain Home Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
37 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 04510 · Mountain Home Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated, NC 37 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 37
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,087
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lapeer City Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lapeer City Fire and Rescue Department, MI (+ 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.
- Mountain Home Fir… (this dept) 37
- High Prospect Terrace…, NY 37
- Near Lapeer City Fire…, MI 37
- Near Athens Fire and R…, AL 37
- Near Kingsville Volunt…, OH 37
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Hendersonville, NC
- County
- Henderson County
- FDID
- 04510
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Mountain Home Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #369 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,087 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster fringe
Mountain Home Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated is 9.6% of Henderson County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 384 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 94% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.11 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 37 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lapeer City Fire and Rescue Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 37 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.