Department profile
Career (Paid)Aiken Department of Public Safety
Aiken, SC · Aiken County. Aiken Department of Public Safety is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 135 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 135
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Aiken Department of Public Safety pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the South Carolina average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +440%
- vs. South Carolina average
- 4
- 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.
Aiken Department of Public Safety is a Career (Paid) department serving Aiken, SC (Aiken County), with 4 stations and 135 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #513 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #513 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #11 of 473
- 2.96 stations per 100 personnel
- 30 other listed departments in Aiken County
Aiken Department of Public Safety vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
135 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 02301 · Aiken Department of Public Safety, SC 135 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 135
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #513
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Windsor Volunteer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Windsor Volunteer Fire Department - Wilson Station, CT (+ 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 SC department.
- Aiken Department… (this dept) 135
- High The Woodlands Fir…, TX 135
- Near Windsor Volunteer…, CT 135
- Near Marietta, GA 135
- Near Cabin John Park V…, MD 135
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Aiken, SC
- County
- Aiken County
- FDID
- 02301
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How Aiken Department of Public Safety's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #11 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #513 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Aiken County
County mix is mostly volunteer (19 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
2.96 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 135 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Windsor Volunteer Fire Department - Wilson Station, CT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 135 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.