Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPilot Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated
Zebulon, NC · Franklin County. Pilot Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 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.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Pilot Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the North Carolina average.
- Top 36%
- national personnel size
- +35%
- 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 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.
Pilot Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Zebulon, NC (Franklin County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,033 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,033 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #431 of 932
- 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Franklin County
Pilot Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 36% higher than 64% 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 03509 · Pilot Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated, NC 35 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,033
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Laurel Fork
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Laurel Fork Fire Department, VA (+ 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.
- Pilot Volunteer F… (this dept) 35
- High Drakes Branch Vol…, VA 35
- Near Laurel Fork, VA 35
- Near Medford Farms Vol…, NJ 35
- Near Ionia Department…, MI 35
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Zebulon, NC
- County
- Franklin County
- FDID
- 03509
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Pilot Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #431 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,033 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster geometry
Franklin County HIFLD mix around Pilot Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated
Franklin County: 13 departments, 203 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 54% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Laurel Fork Fire Department, VA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.