Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderAgriculture Center Volunteer Fire Department
Bessemer City, NC · Gaston County. Agriculture Center Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 60 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.
- 60
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Agriculture Center Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Carolina average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +131%
- vs. North Carolina 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.
Agriculture Center Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bessemer City, NC (Gaston County), with 1 station and 60 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,544 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,544 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #73 of 932
- 1.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 24 other listed departments in Gaston County
Agriculture Center Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
60 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 03601 · Agriculture Center Volunteer Fire Department, NC 60 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 60
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,544
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ McGuire Air Force…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: McGuire Air Force Base Fire Department-Dod, NJ (+ 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 NC department.
- Agriculture Cente… (this dept) 60
- High Chetek Volunteer…, WI 60
- Near McGuire Air Force…, NJ 60
- Near Worthington-West…, PA 60
- Near Moravia Community…, IA 60
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bessemer City, NC
- County
- Gaston County
- FDID
- 03601
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Agriculture Center Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #73 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,544 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster fringe
Agriculture Center Volunteer Fire Department is 7.1% of Gaston County roster mass
The county lists 27 departments totaling 842 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 78% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 60 roster).
Photo-finish peer: McGuire Air Force Base Fire Department-Dod, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 60 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.