Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBlounts Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Blounts Creek, NC · Beaufort County. Blounts Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 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.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Blounts Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the North Carolina average.
- 45th pct.
- national personnel size
- +0%
- 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.
Blounts Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Blounts Creek, NC (Beaufort County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,418 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,418 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #735 of 932
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Beaufort County
Blounts Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 55% higher than 45% 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 00709 · Blounts Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, NC 26 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,418
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Aura Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Aura Volunteer Fire Department, MI (+ 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 NC department.
- Blounts Creek Vol… (this dept) 26
- High Oneonta, AL 26
- Near Aura Volunteer, MI 26
- Near Butler, MO 26
- Near Seven Springs Vol…, PA 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Blounts Creek, NC
- County
- Beaufort County
- FDID
- 00709
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Blounts Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #735 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,418 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
Blounts Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is 7.5% of Beaufort County roster mass
The county lists 17 departments totaling 346 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 53% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Aura Volunteer Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.