Department profile
Career (Paid)Nickelsville Volunteer Fire Department
Nickelsville, VA · Scott County. Nickelsville Volunteer Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Nickelsville Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Virginia average.
- 22nd pct.
- national personnel size
- -39%
- 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 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.
Nickelsville Volunteer Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Nickelsville, VA (Scott County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,426 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,426 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #387 of 414
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Scott County
Nickelsville Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 78% higher than 22% 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 16905 · Nickelsville Volunteer Fire Department, VA 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #17,426
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ North Coffee Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: North Coffee Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Nickelsville Volu… (this dept) 20
- High Alamo Volunteer, TN 20
- Near North Coffee Volu…, TN 20
- Near Bradshaw Rural, NE 20
- Near Ventura Protectiv…, IA 20
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Nickelsville, VA
- County
- Scott County
- FDID
- 16905
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Nickelsville Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #387 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,426 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Scott County
County mix is mostly volunteer (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: North Coffee Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.