Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPinnacle Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Pinnacle, NC · Stokes County. Pinnacle Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 41 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.
- 41
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Pinnacle Volunteer Fire and Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the North Carolina average.
- Top 26%
- national personnel size
- +58%
- 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.
Pinnacle Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Pinnacle, NC (Stokes County), with 1 station and 41 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,764 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,764 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #270 of 932
- 2.44 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Stokes County
Pinnacle Volunteer Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
41 Top 26% higher than 74% 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 08506 · Pinnacle Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NC 41 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 41
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,764
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Stowe
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Stowe Fire Department, VT (+ 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.
- Pinnacle Voluntee… (this dept) 41
- High Woodbury, NJ 41
- Near Stowe, VT 41
- Near Orange City, FL 41
- Near Chilton Volunteer, WI 41
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Pinnacle, NC
- County
- Stokes County
- FDID
- 08506
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Pinnacle Volunteer Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #270 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,764 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
Stokes County HIFLD mix around Pinnacle Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Stokes County: 13 departments, 365 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.44 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 41 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Stowe Fire Department, VT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 41 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.