Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderShenandoah County Department of Fire and Rescue
Woodstock, VA · Shenandoah County. Shenandoah County Department of Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 42 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.
- 42
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Shenandoah County Department of Fire and Rescue pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Virginia average.
- Top 25%
- national personnel size
- +27%
- 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.
Shenandoah County Department of Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Woodstock, VA (Shenandoah County), with 1 station and 42 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,603 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,603 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #160 of 414
- 2.38 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Shenandoah County
Shenandoah County Department of Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
42 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 17112 · Shenandoah County Department of Fire and Rescue, VA 42 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 42
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,603
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Perth Volunteer F…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Perth Volunteer Fire Company, NY (+ 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.
- Shenandoah County… (this dept) 42
- High East Manatee Fire…, FL 42
- Near Perth Volunteer F…, NY 42
- Near City of Batavia, NY 42
- Near Hermosa Beach, CA 42
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Woodstock, VA
- County
- Shenandoah County
- FDID
- 17112
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Shenandoah County Department of Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #160 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,603 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
Shenandoah County HIFLD mix around Shenandoah County Department of Fire and Rescue
Shenandoah County: 10 departments, 342 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 2 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.38 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 42 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Perth Volunteer Fire Company, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 42 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.