Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNokesville 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 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.
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
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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.
- Nokesville Volunt… (this dept) 194
- High Troy, MI 194
- Near Newton, MA 194
- Near Pompano Beach Fir…, FL 194
- Low Bel Air Volunteer…, MD 193
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bristow, VA
- County
- Prince William County
- 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.
- 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).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 194 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.