Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Boiling Springs Fire District

Greenville, SC · Greenville County. Boiling Springs Fire District is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 57 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.

57
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Boiling Springs Fire District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the South Carolina average.

Top 13%
national personnel size
+128%
vs. South Carolina average
3
stations
$1,462,000
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
53/100
Boiling Springs Fire District

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
19 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment B
$25,649 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
57 personnel · 3 stations

Boiling Springs Fire District is a Career (Paid) department serving Greenville, SC (Greenville County), with 3 stations and 57 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,877 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,462,000.

  • National personnel rank #2,877 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #33 of 473
  • 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 35 other listed departments in Greenville County

Boiling Springs Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

57 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 23303 · Boiling Springs Fire District, SC 57 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 57
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #2,877
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hanover
  • FEMA-MID $1.5M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Hanover Fire Department, MA (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Greenville, SC
FDID
23303

FEMA Grant History

$1.5M
Cumulative funding (FY2015)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2015 EMW2014FR00239 $1,462,000

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

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Boiling Springs Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #33 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,877 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 128% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

Boiling Springs Fire District is 5.2% of Greenville County roster mass

The county lists 48 departments totaling 1,091 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 46% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 57 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Hanover Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Belmont Fire Department
Greenville · volunteer
Berea Fire Department
Greenville · volunteer
Canebrake Fire Department
Fountain Inn · other
Clear Springs Fire and Rescue Department
Simpsonville · volunteer
Donaldson Center Fire Department
Greenville · career
Duncan Chapel Fire Department
Greenville · volunteer
Dunklin Fire Department
Fountain Inn · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 57 personnel

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

Hanover Fire Department, MA 57 Greenfield Township Fire Department, OH 57 New Iberia Fire Department, LA 57 Mardela Springs Volunteer Fire Department, MD 57 Prairie Township Fire Department, OH 57 Wellesley Fire Department, MA 57 Milton Fire Department, MA 57 Marina Fire Department, CA 57

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Boiling Springs Fire District have?

Boiling Springs Fire District has 57 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 128% above the South Carolina average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #2,877 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within SC, it ranks #33 of 473 by personnel.

Does Boiling Springs Fire District provide EMS services?

Yes, Boiling Springs Fire District provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Boiling Springs Fire District operate?

Boiling Springs Fire District operates 3 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Boiling Springs Fire District?

Boiling Springs Fire District is a Career (Paid) department serving Greenville County, SC. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Boiling Springs Fire District received federal grants?

Yes, Boiling Springs Fire District has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $1,462,000 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2015 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2015.

How many fire departments are in South Carolina?

South Carolina has 689 fire departments with 17,475 total personnel. 49% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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