Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPennington Gap Volunteer Fire Department
Pennington Gap, VA · Lee County. Pennington Gap Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 20 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.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Pennington Gap Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Virginia average.
- 22nd pct.
- national personnel size
- -39%
- 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.
Pennington Gap Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Pennington Gap, VA (Lee County), with 2 stations and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,490 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,490 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #388 of 414
- 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Lee County
Pennington Gap 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 10503 · Pennington Gap Volunteer Fire Department, VA 20 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #17,490
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Monte Vista Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Monte Vista Fire Protection District, CO (+ 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.
- Pennington Gap Vo… (this dept) 20
- High Clarence City, MO 20
- Near Monte Vista Fire…, CO 20
- Near Big Sandy Volunte…, KY 20
- Near East Whitehouse, NJ 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Pennington Gap, VA
- County
- Lee County
- FDID
- 10503
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Pennington Gap Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #388 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,490 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County roster fringe
Pennington Gap Volunteer Fire Department is 9.3% of Lee County roster mass
The county lists 13 departments totaling 215 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 69% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Monte Vista Fire Protection District, CO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.