Department profile

Volunteer

Boiling Spring Lakes Volunteer Fire Department

Southport, NC · Brunswick County. Boiling Spring Lakes Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 52 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

52
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Boiling Spring Lakes Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Carolina average.

Top 16%
national personnel size
+100%
vs. North Carolina average
3
stations
$979,350
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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
29/100
Boiling Spring Lakes Volunteer 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 D
17.3 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
52 personnel · 3 stations

Boiling Spring Lakes Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Southport, NC (Brunswick County), with 3 stations and 52 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,534 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $979,350.

  • National personnel rank #3,534 of 22,440
  • NC personnel rank #129 of 932
  • 5.77 stations per 100 personnel
  • 22 other listed departments in Brunswick County

Boiling Spring Lakes Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

52 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 01001 · Boiling Spring Lakes Volunteer Fire Department, NC 52 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 52
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #3,534
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Newark
  • FEMA-MID $979K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Newark Fire Department, CA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Southport, NC
FDID
01001

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2013–2018)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2018 EMW-2018-FH-00169 $539,498.17
2015 EMW2014FO01010 $212,953
2013 EMW2012FF00492 $226,899

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the North Carolina average

How Boiling Spring Lakes Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #129 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,534 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 100% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
131
NC departments
1,534

County roster fringe

Boiling Spring Lakes Volunteer Fire Department is 9.8% of Brunswick County roster mass

The county lists 27 departments totaling 529 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 78% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.77 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 52 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Newark Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).

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Navassa Volunteer Fire Department
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 52 personnel

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

Newark Fire Department, CA 52 Union City Fire Department, CA 52 Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue, OR 52 Redmond Fire and Rescue, OR 52 Micaville Volunteer Fire Department, AL 52 Gordon Heights Fire District, NY 52 Astoria Fire Department, OR 52 Bedford Township Fire Protection District, IL 52

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Boiling Spring Lakes Volunteer Fire Department have?

Boiling Spring Lakes Volunteer Fire Department has 52 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 100% above the North Carolina average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #3,534 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NC, it ranks #129 of 932 by personnel.

Does Boiling Spring Lakes Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Boiling Spring Lakes Volunteer Fire Department is not listed as providing EMS in the HIFLD record. Contact local emergency services to confirm which agency covers medical calls.

How many fire stations does Boiling Spring Lakes Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Boiling Spring Lakes Volunteer Fire Department operates 3 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Boiling Spring Lakes Volunteer Fire Department?

Boiling Spring Lakes Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Brunswick County, NC. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Boiling Spring Lakes Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Boiling Spring Lakes Volunteer Fire Department has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $979,350.17 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2013–2018 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2018.

How many fire departments are in North Carolina?

North Carolina has 1,534 fire departments with 40,350 total personnel. 57% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.