Department profile
Career (Paid)Anderson City Fire Department
Anderson, SC · Anderson County. Anderson City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 53 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 53
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Anderson City Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the South Carolina average.
- Top 15%
- national personnel size
- +112%
- vs. South Carolina average
- 2
- 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.
Anderson City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Anderson, SC (Anderson County), with 2 stations and 53 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,407 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,407 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #41 of 473
- 3.77 stations per 100 personnel
- 16 other listed departments in Anderson County
Anderson City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
53 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 04127 · Anderson City Fire Department, SC 53 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 53
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #3,407
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Muddy Brook
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Muddy Brook Fire Department, 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.
- Anderson City (this dept) 53
- High Blue Ridge Fire a…, NC 53
- Near Muddy Brook, CT 53
- Near Erwin Fire and Re…, NC 53
- Near Creedmoor Volunte…, NC 53
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Anderson, SC
- County
- Anderson County
- FDID
- 04127
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How Anderson City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #41 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,407 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Anderson County
County mix is mostly volunteer (15 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
3.77 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 53 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Muddy Brook Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 53 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.