Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company
Rehoboth Beach, DE · Sussex County. Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 65 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.
- 65
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount in line with the Delaware average.
- Top 10%
- national personnel size
- +0%
- vs. Delaware average
- 2
- stations
- $646,072
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Rehoboth Beach, DE (Sussex County), with 2 stations and 65 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,259 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $646,072.
- National personnel rank #2,259 of 22,440
- DE personnel rank #32 of 51
- 3.08 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 26 other listed departments in Sussex County
Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
65 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 40086 · Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company, DE 65 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 65
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,259
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Exeter Park Volun…
- FEMA-MID $646K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Exeter Park Volunteer Hose Company, PA (+ 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 DE department.
- Rehoboth Beach Vo… (this dept) 65
- High Schenevus Marylan…, NY 65
- Near Exeter Park Volun…, PA 65
- Near Hepburn Township…, PA 65
- Near Eldred Township V…, PA 65
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Rehoboth Beach, DE
- County
- Sussex County
- FDID
- 40086
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-01194 | $272,857.14 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FO-04677 | $373,215 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Delaware average
How Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Delaware. In-state it ranks #32 of 51 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,259 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 11
- DE departments
- 80
County roster fringe
Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company is 4.2% of Sussex County roster mass
The county lists 29 departments totaling 1,544 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 66% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.08 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 65 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Exeter Park Volunteer Hose Company, PA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 65 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every DE department.