Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Banks County Fire and Emergency Medical Services

Homer, GA · Banks County. Banks County Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 10 stations and 88 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.

88
Total personnel
10
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Banks County Fire and Emergency Medical Services pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Georgia average.

Top 5%
national personnel size
+418%
vs. Georgia average
10
stations
$2,892,079
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
40/100
Banks County Fire and Emergency Medical Services

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 F
8.8 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment B
$32,865 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
88 personnel · 10 stations

Banks County Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Homer, GA (Banks County), with 10 stations and 88 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,211 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,892,079.

  • National personnel rank #1,211 of 22,440
  • GA personnel rank #36 of 328
  • 11.36 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 3 other listed departments in Banks County

Banks County Fire and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution

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

88 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 00605 · Banks County Fire and Emergency Medical Services, GA 88 personnel · 10 stations

PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 88
  • STA-MULTI 10 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,211
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Potter County Fir…
  • FEMA-MID $2.9M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Potter County Fire Rescue, TX (+ 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 GA department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Homer, GA
FDID
00605

FEMA Grant History

$2.9M
Cumulative funding (FY2017–2024)
6
Awards
Year Award Amount
2024 EMW-2024-FG-03331 $533,333.33
2022 EMW-2022-FG-08531 $362,857.14
2020 EMW-2020-FG-12687 $224,000
2019 EMW-2019-FF-00407 $1,067,601.75
2017 EMW2016FO05865 $446,191
2017 EMW2016FV02018 $258,096

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Georgia average

How Banks County Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #36 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,211 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 418% above the state average
Stations
10
State fire deaths/yr
128
GA departments
868

County roster weight

Banks County Fire and Emergency Medical Services carries 78.6% of Banks County HIFLD personnel

Among 4 listed departments (112 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.

11.36 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (10 stations / 88 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Potter County Fire Rescue, TX (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Homer Volunteer Fire Department
Homer · volunteer
Tates Creek Fire Department
Toccoa · other
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 88 personnel

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

Potter County Fire Rescue, TX 88 Sugar Land Fire Department, TX 88 Woodstock Fire and Rescue District, IL 88 City of Roswell Fire Department, NM 88 Rio Tinto Energy America - Cordero Rojo Coal Company Emergency Response Team, WY 88 Minquadale Fire Company, DE 88 Cronomer Valley Fire Department, NY 88 Washingtonville Fire Department, NY 88

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Banks County Fire and Emergency Medical Services have?

Banks County Fire and Emergency Medical Services has 88 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 418% above the Georgia average of 17 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,211 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within GA, it ranks #36 of 328 by personnel.

Does Banks County Fire and Emergency Medical Services provide EMS services?

Yes, Banks County Fire and Emergency Medical Services provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Banks County Fire and Emergency Medical Services operate?

Banks County Fire and Emergency Medical Services operates 10 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Banks County Fire and Emergency Medical Services?

Banks County Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Banks County, GA. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Banks County Fire and Emergency Medical Services received federal grants?

Yes, Banks County Fire and Emergency Medical Services has received 6 FEMA grants totaling $2,892,079.22 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2017–2024 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2024.

How many fire departments are in Georgia?

Georgia has 868 fire departments with 14,656 total personnel. 30% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.