Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSalem Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department
Salem, VA · Salem City County. Salem Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 62 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.
- 62
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Salem Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Virginia average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +88%
- vs. Virginia average
- 3
- 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.
Salem Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Salem, VA (Salem City County), with 3 stations and 62 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,464 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,464 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #68 of 414
- 4.84 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 1 other listed department in Salem City County
Salem Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
62 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 77500 · Salem Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, VA 62 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 62
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,464
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bascom J T Fire /…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bascom J T Fire / Emergency Medical Services District, OH (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Salem Fire and Em… (this dept) 62
- High New Florence Volu…, PA 62
- Near Bascom J T Fire /…, OH 62
- Near Clay Fire Territo…, IN 62
- Near Lake Township, OH 62
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Salem, VA
- County
- Salem City County
- FDID
- 77500
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Salem Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #68 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,464 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County roster weight
Salem Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department carries 100.0% of Salem City County HIFLD personnel
Among 3 listed departments (62 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.84 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 62 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bascom J T Fire / Emergency Medical Services District, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nationwide career peers near 62 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.