Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCalabash Fire Department Incorporated
Calabash, NC · Brunswick County. Calabash Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 32 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.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Calabash Fire Department Incorporated pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the North Carolina average.
- Top 40%
- national personnel size
- +23%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 1
- station
- $688,182
- 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 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.
Calabash Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Calabash, NC (Brunswick County), with 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,984 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $688,182.
- National personnel rank #8,984 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #515 of 932
- 3.13 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Brunswick County
Calabash Fire Department Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 40% higher than 60% 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 01003 · Calabash Fire Department Incorporated, NC 32 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #8,984
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Split Rock Townsh…
- FEMA-MID $688K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Split Rock Township Volunteer Fire Department, SD (+ 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.
- Calabash Fire Dep… (this dept) 32
- High Saint Johns Emerg…, AZ 32
- Near Split Rock Townsh…, SD 32
- Near Irvington Volunte…, NE 32
- Near Big Flats Volunte…, WI 32
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Calabash, NC
- County
- Brunswick County
- FDID
- 01003
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMW2016FH00119 | $151,600.56 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FV00716 | $366,667 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FH00266 | $216,234 |
| 2008 | EMW2007FF00414 | $-46,320 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Calabash Fire Department Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #515 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,984 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
Calabash Fire Department Incorporated is 6.0% 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.
3.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Split Rock Township Volunteer Fire Department, SD (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.