Department profile

Volunteer

Belleville Fire Department

Saint Matthews, SC · Calhoun County. Belleville Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 17 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

17
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Belleville Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the South Carolina average.

15th pct.
national personnel size
-32%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
21/100
Belleville 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 F
8.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness D
1.5 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
17 personnel · 2 stations

Belleville Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Saint Matthews, SC (Calhoun County), with 2 stations and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,997 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #18,997 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #359 of 473
  • 11.76 stations per 100 personnel
  • 8 other listed departments in Calhoun County

Belleville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

17 Top 85% higher than 15% 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 09204 · Belleville Fire Department, SC 17 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-SMALL 17
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #18,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mapleton
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Mapleton Fire Department, ND (+ 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
Saint Matthews, SC
FDID
09204

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Belleville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #359 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,997 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 32% below the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

Belleville Fire Department is 6.3% of Calhoun County roster mass

The county lists 11 departments totaling 272 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 9% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

11.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 17 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Mapleton Fire Department, ND (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 17 personnel

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