Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Company

What This Data Tells You About Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Company

Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Company operates as a fire department in Fenwick Island, within Sussex County, and the HIFLD and USFA records give a precise structural picture of its response capacity. The department reports unreported personnel, no station count on file, no truck inventory reported. EMS capability is listed as not provided.

Benchmarking against the state gives this profile context. Delaware has 80 registered fire departments and 5,215 total personnel, averaging roughly 65 staff per department. Direct staffing comparisons are limited where personnel counts are not reported. The state records about 7,500 fires, 11 fire deaths, and 70% volunteer coverage each year, which shapes training, funding priorities, and mutual-aid patterns felt at every department in the state.

No FEMA AFG or SAFER grant awards are recorded against this department's FDID in USAspending data, which is common for smaller or volunteer-heavy organizations that lean on state and local funding instead.