Department profile
CombinationEMS ProviderStafford County Fire and Rescue Department Fire
Falmouth, VA · Stafford County. Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department Fire is a Combination department, 1 station and 38 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.
- 38
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department Fire pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Virginia average.
- Top 31%
- national personnel size
- +15%
- 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.
Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department Fire is a Combination department serving Falmouth, VA (Stafford County), with 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,875 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,875 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #190 of 414
- 2.63 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Stafford County
Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department Fire vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
38 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 17904 · Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department Fire, VA 38 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-COMB · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 38
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,875
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lexington Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lexington Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+ 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.
- Stafford County F… (this dept) 38
- High Stratford, NY 38
- Near Lexington Volunte…, NE 38
- Near Mount Pleasant-Yo…, IN 38
- Near Brecksville, OH 38
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Falmouth, VA
- County
- Stafford County
- FDID
- 17904
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department Fire's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #190 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,875 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 Stafford County
County mix is mostly volunteer (6 volunteer / 1 career / 1 combination), while this page is typed combination. County / state rollup.
2.63 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 38 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lexington Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 38 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.