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Burton Fire District

Beaufort, SC · Beaufort County. Burton Fire District is a fire department and 2 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

2
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Burton Fire District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the South Carolina average.

0th pct.
national personnel size
-92%
vs. South Carolina average
$260,000
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.

A
PlainFireData Composite Score
100/100
Burton 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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment A
$130,000 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
2 personnel

Burton Fire District is a fire department serving Beaufort, SC (Beaufort County) and 2 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,421 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $260,000.

  • National personnel rank #22,421 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #472 of 473
  • 9 other listed departments in Beaufort County

Burton Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

2 Top 100% in the bottom 1% 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 SC-BURTON-FIRE-DISTRICT-SC · Burton Fire District, SC 2 personnel

PERS-MICRO · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MICRO 2
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #22,421
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Caney City Volunt…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $260K
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Caney City Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every SC department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Beaufort, SC

FEMA Grant History

$260K
Cumulative funding (FY2018)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2018 EMW-2018-FO-01669 $260,000

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

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Burton Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #472 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,421 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 92% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

Burton Fire District is 0.4% of Beaufort County roster mass

The county lists 17 departments totaling 571 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 47% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Caney City Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Burton Fire District have?

Burton Fire District has 2 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 92% below the South Carolina average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #22,421 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within SC, it ranks #472 of 473 by personnel.

Does Burton Fire District provide EMS services?

Burton Fire District 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 Burton Fire District operate?

Station count data for Burton Fire District is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Burton Fire District?

Burton Fire District is a fire department serving Beaufort County, SC.

Has Burton Fire District received federal grants?

Yes, Burton Fire District has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $260,000 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2018 (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 South Carolina?

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

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