Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Newport Volunteer Fire Department

Newport, VA · Giles County. Newport Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 17 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.

17
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Newport Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Virginia average.

14th pct.
national personnel size
-48%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
28/100
Newport 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 D
17 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
17 personnel · 1 station

Newport Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Newport, VA (Giles County), with 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,238 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #19,238 of 22,440
  • VA personnel rank #400 of 414
  • 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in Giles County

Newport Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

17 Top 86% higher than 14% 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 07140 · Newport Volunteer Fire Department, VA 17 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 17
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #19,238
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Tallapoosa
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: City of Tallapoosa Fire Department, GA (+ 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
Newport, VA
FDID
07140

Staffing vs the Virginia average

How Newport Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #400 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,238 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 48% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
86
VA departments
766

County roster fringe

Newport Volunteer Fire Department is 6.3% of Giles County roster mass

The county lists 9 departments totaling 269 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 17 roster).

Photo-finish peer: City of Tallapoosa Fire Department, GA (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 17 personnel

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