Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPiney Grove Volunteer Fire Department of Sampson
Faison, NC · Sampson County. Piney Grove Volunteer Fire Department of Sampson is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 29 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.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Piney Grove Volunteer Fire Department of Sampson pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the North Carolina average.
- Top 50%
- national personnel size
- +12%
- 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.
Piney Grove Volunteer Fire Department of Sampson is a Volunteer department serving Faison, NC (Sampson County), with 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,171 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,171 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #658 of 932
- 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Sampson County
Piney Grove Volunteer Fire Department of Sampson vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 50% higher than 50% 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 08214 · Piney Grove Volunteer Fire Department of Sampson, NC 29 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,171
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Northville City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Northville City Fire Department, MI (+ 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.
- Piney Grove Volun… (this dept) 29
- High Rolla Fire and Re…, MO 29
- Near Northville City, MI 29
- Near Wickenburg Rural, AZ 29
- Near Doolittle Rural F…, MO 29
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Faison, NC
- County
- Sampson County
- FDID
- 08214
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Piney Grove Volunteer Fire Department of Sampson's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #658 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,171 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 fringe
Piney Grove Volunteer Fire Department of Sampson is 8.1% of Sampson County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 359 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 69% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Northville City Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.