Department profile
VolunteerBlackville Fire Department
Blackville, SC · Barnwell County. Blackville Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Blackville Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the South Carolina average.
- 25th pct.
- national personnel size
- -20%
- vs. South 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.
Blackville Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Blackville, SC (Barnwell County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,722 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,722 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #300 of 473
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Barnwell County
Blackville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 75% higher than 25% 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 06203 · Blackville Fire Department, SC 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #16,722
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Downe Township Fi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Downe Township Fire and Rescue / Newport Volunteer Fire Department, NJ (+ 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.
- Blackville (this dept) 20
- High Dalton Township, MI 20
- Near Downe Township Fi…, NJ 20
- Near Reeltown Volunteer, AL 20
- Near Dividing Creek Fi…, NJ 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Blackville, SC
- County
- Barnwell County
- FDID
- 06203
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How Blackville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #300 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,722 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster geometry
Barnwell County HIFLD mix around Blackville Fire Department
Barnwell County: 11 departments, 155 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 9% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Downe Township Fire and Rescue / Newport Volunteer Fire Department, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.