Department profile
CombinationEMS ProviderShenandoah County Department of Fire and Rescue
Toms Brook, VA · Shenandoah County. Shenandoah County Department of Fire and Rescue is a Combination department, 1 station and 69 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.
- 69
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Shenandoah County Department of Fire and Rescue pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Virginia average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +109%
- 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 Combination department serving Toms Brook, VA (Shenandoah County), with 1 station and 69 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,014 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,014 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #54 of 414
- 1.45 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
69 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 17109 · Shenandoah County Department of Fire and Rescue, VA 69 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-COMB · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 69
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,014
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Culver City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Culver City Fire Department, CA (+ 0 personnel)
Combination-staffed 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) 69
- High Franklin, MA 69
- Near Culver City, CA 69
- Near Montebello, CA 69
- Near West Springfield, MA 69
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Toms Brook, VA
- County
- Shenandoah County
- FDID
- 17109
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 #54 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,014 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County staffing outlier
Combination island in a volunteer-heavy Shenandoah County
County mix is mostly volunteer (7 volunteer / 0 career / 2 combination), while this page is typed combination. County / state rollup.
1.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 69 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Culver City Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 69 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.