Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRichardsville Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad
Richardsville, VA · Culpeper County. Richardsville Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 52 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.
- 52
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Richardsville Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Virginia average.
- Top 16%
- national personnel size
- +58%
- 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.
Richardsville Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department serving Richardsville, VA (Culpeper County), with 1 station and 52 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,644 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,644 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #105 of 414
- 1.92 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Culpeper County
Richardsville Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
52 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 04703 · Richardsville Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad, VA 52 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 52
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,644
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Madison Fire and…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Madison Fire and Rescue, AL (+ 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 VA department.
- Richardsville Vol… (this dept) 52
- High Greenhill Volunte…, AL 52
- Near Madison Fire and…, AL 52
- Near Caroline County, MD 52
- Near Breezewood Volunt…, PA 52
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Richardsville, VA
- County
- Culpeper County
- FDID
- 04703
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Richardsville Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #105 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,644 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
Richardsville Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad carries 26.1% of Culpeper County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (199 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 100% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.92 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 52 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Madison Fire and Rescue, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 52 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.