Department profile
VolunteerCamden Fire Department
Camden, SC · Kershaw County. Camden Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 50 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 50
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Camden Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the South Carolina average.
- Top 17%
- national personnel size
- +100%
- vs. South Carolina average
- 2
- stations
- $536,250
- 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.
Camden Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Camden, SC (Kershaw County), with 2 stations and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,819 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $536,250.
- National personnel rank #3,819 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #48 of 473
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 10 other listed departments in Kershaw County
Camden Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
50 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 28305 · Camden Fire Department, SC 50 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 50
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #3,819
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rush
- FEMA-MID $536K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Rush Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Camden (this dept) 50
- High Hagaman Volunteer…, NY 50
- Near Rush, NY 50
- Near South Mountain Vo…, PA 50
- Near Fayetteville Volu…, PA 50
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Camden, SC
- County
- Kershaw County
- FDID
- 28305
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | EMW2016FF00471 | $28,610 |
| 2016 | EMW2015FF00212 | $294,754 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FH00088 | $212,886 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How Camden Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #48 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,819 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster geometry
Kershaw County HIFLD mix around Camden Fire Department
Kershaw County: 14 departments, 296 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 36% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 50 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Rush Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 50 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.