Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPamplin Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Pamplin, VA · Appomattox County. Pamplin Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 28 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.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Pamplin Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Virginia average.
- 48th pct.
- national personnel size
- -15%
- 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.
Pamplin Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Pamplin, VA (Appomattox County), with 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,695 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,695 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #321 of 414
- 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 1 other listed department in Appomattox County
Pamplin Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 52% higher than 48% 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 01102 · Pamplin Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, VA 28 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,695
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Belington Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Belington Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+ 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.
- Pamplin Volunteer… (this dept) 28
- High Websters Chapel V…, AL 28
- Near Belington Volunte…, WV 28
- Near Jacobson, MN 28
- Near Berrien Springs-O…, MI 28
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Pamplin, VA
- County
- Appomattox County
- FDID
- 01102
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Pamplin Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #321 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,695 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County roster weight
Pamplin Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services carries 50.0% of Appomattox County HIFLD personnel
Among 2 listed departments (56 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 100% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Belington Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.