Department profile
VolunteerSaint Charles Volunteer Fire Department
Saint Charles, VA · Lee County. Saint Charles Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 36 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 36
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Saint Charles Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Virginia average.
- Top 33%
- national personnel size
- +9%
- vs. Virginia average
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.
Saint Charles Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Saint Charles, VA (Lee County) and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,463 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,463 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #213 of 414
- 11 other listed departments in Lee County
Saint Charles Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 33% higher than 67% 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 10506 · Saint Charles Volunteer Fire Department, VA 36 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #7,463
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Milan
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Milan Fire Department, MO (+ 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.
- Saint Charles Vol… (this dept) 36
- High Oldwick Fire Comp…, NJ 36
- Near Milan, MO 36
- Near Readington Volunt…, NJ 36
- Near Steamboat Springs…, CO 36
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Saint Charles, VA
- County
- Lee County
- FDID
- 10506
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Saint Charles Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #213 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,463 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County roster geometry
Lee County HIFLD mix around Saint Charles Volunteer Fire Department
Lee County: 13 departments, 215 personnel (11 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 69% of departments. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Milan Fire Department, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.