Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderBeaufort Fire Department
Beaufort, NC · Carteret County. Beaufort Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 24 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.
- 24
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Beaufort Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the North Carolina average.
- 37th pct.
- national personnel size
- -8%
- vs. North 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.
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.
Beaufort Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Beaufort, NC (Carteret County), with 1 station and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,233 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,233 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #817 of 932
- 4.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Carteret County
Beaufort Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
24 Top 63% higher than 37% 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 01654 · Beaufort Fire Department, NC 24 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 24
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #14,233
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lineville Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lineville Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 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 NC department.
- Beaufort (this dept) 24
- High Clare, MI 24
- Near Lineville Volunte…, AL 24
- Near North Central Car…, MO 24
- Near Mackinaw City, MI 24
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Beaufort, NC
- County
- Carteret County
- FDID
- 01654
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Beaufort Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #817 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,233 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster fringe
Beaufort Fire Department is 4.4% of Carteret County roster mass
The county lists 26 departments totaling 543 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 85% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 24 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lineville Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 24 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.