Department profile
VolunteerBroad and Gales Creek Volunteer Fire Department
Newport, NC · Carteret County. Broad and Gales Creek Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Broad and Gales Creek Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the North Carolina average.
- Top 49%
- national personnel size
- +12%
- 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.
Broad and Gales Creek Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Newport, NC (Carteret County), with 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,950 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,950 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #640 of 932
- 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
- 22 other listed departments in Carteret County
Broad and Gales Creek Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 49% higher than 51% 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 01613 · Broad and Gales Creek Volunteer Fire Department, NC 29 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #10,950
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Starksboro Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Starksboro Volunteer Fire Department, VT (+ 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.
- Broad and Gales C… (this dept) 29
- High Sunrise Beach, MO 29
- Near Starksboro Volunt…, VT 29
- Near Shoreham, VT 29
- Near Delta Volunteer, AL 29
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Newport, NC
- County
- Carteret County
- FDID
- 01613
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Broad and Gales Creek Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #640 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,950 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
Broad and Gales Creek Volunteer Fire Department is 5.3% of Carteret County roster mass
The county lists 26 departments totaling 543 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 85% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Starksboro Volunteer Fire Department, VT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.