Department profile
VolunteerBolen Town Fire Department
Orangeburg, SC · Orangeburg County. Bolen Town Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Bolen Town Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the South Carolina average.
- Top 44%
- national personnel size
- +20%
- vs. South Carolina average
- 2
- stations
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.
Bolen Town Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Orangeburg, SC (Orangeburg County), with 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,911 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,911 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #147 of 473
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 28 other listed departments in Orangeburg County
Bolen Town Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 44% higher than 56% 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 38222 · Bolen Town Fire Department, SC 30 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #9,911
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hoxie Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hoxie Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+ 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.
- Bolen Town (this dept) 30
- High Salamonia Volunte…, IN 30
- Near Hoxie Volunteer, AR 30
- Near Sugarloaf Key Vol…, FL 30
- Near Weavertown Fire C…, PA 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Orangeburg, SC
- County
- Orangeburg County
- FDID
- 38222
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How Bolen Town Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #147 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,911 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster fringe
Bolen Town Fire Department is 7.7% of Orangeburg County roster mass
The county lists 34 departments totaling 389 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 18% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hoxie Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.