Department profile

Volunteer

Newbern Volunteer Fire Department

Dublin, VA · Pulaski County. Newbern Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 37 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

37
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Newbern Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Virginia average.

Top 32%
national personnel size
+12%
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
80/100
Newbern Volunteer Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity B
37 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
37 personnel · 1 station

Newbern Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Dublin, VA (Pulaski County), with 1 station and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,096 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #7,096 of 22,440
  • VA personnel rank #198 of 414
  • 2.70 stations per 100 personnel
  • 9 other listed departments in Pulaski County

Newbern Volunteer Fire Department 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 15505 · Newbern Volunteer Fire Department, VA 37 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 37
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #7,096
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Parrish Fire Dist…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Parrish Fire District, FL (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Dublin, VA
FDID
15505

Staffing vs the Virginia average

How Newbern Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #198 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,096 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 12% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
86
VA departments
766

County roster geometry

Pulaski County HIFLD mix around Newbern Volunteer Fire Department

Pulaski County: 10 departments, 300 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 1 combination); EMS flag on 10% of departments. County / state rollup.

2.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 37 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Parrish Fire District, FL (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 37 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.