Department profile
CombinationRadford Fire Department
Radford, VA · Radford City County. Radford Fire Department is a Combination department, 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Radford Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Virginia average.
- Top 41%
- national personnel size
- -3%
- 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.
Radford Fire Department is a Combination department serving Radford, VA (Radford City County), with 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,283 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,283 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #264 of 414
- 3.13 stations per 100 personnel
- 0 other listed departments in Radford City County
Radford Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 41% higher than 59% 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 75000 · Radford Fire Department, VA 32 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-COMB · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #9,283
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ New Riegel
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: New Riegel Fire Department, OH (+ 0 personnel)
Combination-staffed 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.
- Radford (this dept) 32
- High Nimishillen Towns…, OH 32
- Near New Riegel, OH 32
- Near Alliance, OH 32
- Near Helmer Volunteer, IN 32
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Radford, VA
- County
- Radford City County
- FDID
- 75000
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Radford Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #264 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,283 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
Radford Fire Department carries 100.0% of Radford City County HIFLD personnel
Among 1 listed departments (32 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: New Riegel Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.