Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRural Retreat Volunteer Fire Department
Rural Retreat, VA · Wythe County. Rural Retreat Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Rural Retreat Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Virginia average.
- 38th pct.
- national personnel size
- -24%
- 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.
Rural Retreat Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Rural Retreat, VA (Wythe County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,917 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,917 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #354 of 414
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Wythe County
Rural Retreat Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 62% higher than 38% 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 19704 · Rural Retreat Volunteer Fire Department, VA 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #13,917
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ McLaughlin
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: McLaughlin Fire Department, SD (+ 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.
- Rural Retreat Vol… (this dept) 25
- High Wakarusa, IN 25
- Near McLaughlin, SD 25
- Near Avoca Volunteer, NE 25
- Near North Shenango Vo…, PA 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Rural Retreat, VA
- County
- Wythe County
- FDID
- 19704
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Rural Retreat Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #354 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,917 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
Wythe County HIFLD mix around Rural Retreat Volunteer Fire Department
Wythe County: 6 departments, 184 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 83% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: McLaughlin Fire Department, SD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.