Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRockfish Valley Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department
Afton, VA · Nelson County. Rockfish Valley Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 38 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.
- 38
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Rockfish Valley Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Virginia average.
- Top 30%
- national personnel size
- +15%
- 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.
Rockfish Valley Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department serving Afton, VA (Nelson County), with 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,845 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,845 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #188 of 414
- 2.63 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Nelson County
Rockfish Valley Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
38 Top 30% higher than 70% 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 12505 · Rockfish Valley Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, VA 38 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 38
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,845
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Milliken Fire Pro…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Milliken Fire Protection District, CO (+ 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.
- Rockfish Valley V… (this dept) 38
- High Stonelick Townshi…, OH 38
- Near Milliken Fire Pro…, CO 38
- Near Maysville Volunte…, WV 38
- Near Bowmanstown Volun…, PA 38
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Afton, VA
- County
- Nelson County
- FDID
- 12505
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Rockfish Valley Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #188 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,845 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County roster geometry
Nelson County HIFLD mix around Rockfish Valley Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department
Nelson County: 8 departments, 232 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 1 combination); EMS flag on 75% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.63 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 38 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Milliken Fire Protection District, CO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 38 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.