Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRheasville Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated
Roanoke Rapids, NC · Halifax County. Rheasville Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 2 stations 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
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Rheasville Volunteer Fire 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
- 2
- stations
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.
Rheasville Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Roanoke Rapids, NC (Halifax County), with 2 stations and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,062 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,062 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #434 of 932
- 5.71 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Halifax County
Rheasville Volunteer Fire 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 04207 · Rheasville Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NC 35 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,062
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Anderson County F…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Anderson County Fire Protection - Townville, SC (+ 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.
- Rheasville Volunt… (this dept) 35
- High Schriever Air For…, CO 35
- Near Anderson County F…, SC 35
- Near Woodstock, CT 35
- Near San Carlos, AZ 35
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Roanoke Rapids, NC
- County
- Halifax County
- FDID
- 04207
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Rheasville Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #434 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,062 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster geometry
Halifax County HIFLD mix around Rheasville Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated
Halifax County: 17 departments, 280 personnel (8 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 53% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.71 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Anderson County Fire Protection - Townville, SC (+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.