Department profile

Volunteer

Antioch Fire Department

Lancaster, SC · Lancaster County. Antioch Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

25
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Antioch Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the South Carolina average.

42nd pct.
national personnel size
+0%
vs. South 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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
64/100
Antioch Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity C
25 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness B
4 vehicles per station (national median 2)
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
25 personnel · 1 station

Antioch Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Lancaster, SC (Lancaster County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,019 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #13,019 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #204 of 473
  • 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • 20 other listed departments in Lancaster County

Antioch Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

25 Top 58% higher than 42% 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 29201 · Antioch Fire Department, SC 25 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 25
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #13,019
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bristol Bay
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Bristol Bay Fire Department, AK (+ 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 SC department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Lancaster, SC
FDID
29201

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Antioch Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #204 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,019 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 0% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

Antioch Fire Department is 6.2% of Lancaster County roster mass

The county lists 24 departments totaling 405 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 17% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Bristol Bay Fire Department, AK (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.