Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBatesburg-Leesville Fire Department
Leesville, SC · Lexington County. Batesburg-Leesville Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 36 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.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Batesburg-Leesville Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the South Carolina average.
- Top 32%
- national personnel size
- +44%
- 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.
Batesburg-Leesville Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Leesville, SC (Lexington County), with 2 stations and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,205 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,205 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #93 of 473
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Lexington County
Batesburg-Leesville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 32225 · Batesburg-Leesville Fire Department, SC 36 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,205
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Salem Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Salem Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Batesburg-Leesvil… (this dept) 36
- High Blue Ash Fire Dep…, OH 36
- Near West Salem Volunt…, WI 36
- Near Greenhills, OH 36
- Near Farley Volunteer, IA 36
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Leesville, SC
- County
- Lexington County
- FDID
- 32225
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How Batesburg-Leesville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #93 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,205 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster geometry
Lexington County HIFLD mix around Batesburg-Leesville Fire Department
Lexington County: 12 departments, 270 personnel (5 volunteer / 4 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 42% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Salem Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.