Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated

Hillsborough, NC · Orange County. Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 40 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.

40
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the North Carolina average.

Top 28%
national personnel size
+54%
vs. North Carolina 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
83/100
Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated

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
40 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
40 personnel · 1 station

Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Hillsborough, NC (Orange County), with 1 station and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,223 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #6,223 of 22,440
  • NC personnel rank #307 of 932
  • 2.50 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 9 other listed departments in Orange County

Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution

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

40 Top 28% higher than 72% 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 06807 · Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, NC 40 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 40
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #6,223
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Oak Hill Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Oak Hill Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 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 NC department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Hillsborough, NC
FDID
06807

Staffing vs the North Carolina average

How Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #307 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,223 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 54% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
131
NC departments
1,534

County roster geometry

Orange County HIFLD mix around Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated

Orange County: 13 departments, 302 personnel (5 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 62% of departments. County / state rollup.

2.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 40 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Oak Hill Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel

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