Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Nokesville Volunteer Fire Department

Bristow, VA · Prince William County. Nokesville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 194 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.

194
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Nokesville Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Virginia average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+488%
vs. Virginia average
2
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
100/100
Nokesville 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 A
97 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
194 personnel · 2 stations

Nokesville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bristow, VA (Prince William County), with 2 stations and 194 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #242 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #242 of 22,440
  • VA personnel rank #13 of 414
  • 1.03 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 12 other listed departments in Prince William County

Nokesville Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

194 Top 1% higher than 99% of 22,440 departments

Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more departments. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06

Dispatch plate

Sheet 15305 · Nokesville Volunteer Fire Department, VA 194 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 194
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #242
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Newton
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Newton Fire Department, MA (+ 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
Bristow, VA
FDID
15305

Staffing vs the Virginia average

How Nokesville Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #13 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #242 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 488% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
86
VA departments
766

County roster geometry

Prince William County HIFLD mix around Nokesville Volunteer Fire Department

Prince William County: 16 departments, 821 personnel (8 volunteer / 1 career / 3 combination); EMS flag on 94% of departments. County / state rollup.

1.03 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 194 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Newton Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 194 personnel

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