Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Carrboro Fire and Rescue

Carrboro, NC · Orange County. Carrboro Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 31 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.

31
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Carrboro Fire and Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the North Carolina average.

Top 42%
national personnel size
+19%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
70/100
Carrboro Fire and Rescue

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 B
31 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
31 personnel · 1 station

Carrboro Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Carrboro, NC (Orange County), with 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,486 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #9,486 of 22,440
  • NC personnel rank #551 of 932
  • 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 9 other listed departments in Orange County

Carrboro Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

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

31 Top 42% higher than 58% 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 06801 · Carrboro Fire and Rescue, NC 31 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 31
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #9,486
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Allendale Township
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Allendale Township Fire Department, MI (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Carrboro, NC
FDID
06801

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2008)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2008 EMW2007FF00360 $-15,462

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

Staffing vs the North Carolina average

How Carrboro Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #551 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,486 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 19% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
131
NC departments
1,534

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Orange County

County mix is mostly volunteer (5 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 31 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Allendale Township Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Chapel Hill Fire Department
Chapel Hill · career
Eno Fire and Rescue
Durham · volunteer
New Hope Fire Department
Chapel Hill · other
Orange Rural Fire Department
Hillsborough · volunteer
All NC departments →

Nationwide career peers near 31 personnel

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

Allendale Township Fire Department, MI 31 West Valley Volunteer Fire and Rescue, MT 31 Bald Eagle Volunteer Fire Company, PA 31 Saint Albans City Fire Department, VT 31 South District Fire Department, CT 31 Pleasant Valley Fire Company, MD 31 Bozeman Fire Department, MT 31 Brownstown Township Fire Department, MI 31

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Carrboro Fire and Rescue have?

Carrboro Fire and Rescue has 31 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 19% above the North Carolina average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #9,486 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NC, it ranks #551 of 932 by personnel.

Does Carrboro Fire and Rescue provide EMS services?

Yes, Carrboro Fire and Rescue provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Carrboro Fire and Rescue operate?

Carrboro Fire and Rescue operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Carrboro Fire and Rescue?

Carrboro Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Orange County, NC. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Carrboro Fire and Rescue received federal grants?

Yes, Carrboro Fire and Rescue has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $-15,462 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2008 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2008.

How many fire departments are in North Carolina?

North Carolina has 1,534 fire departments with 40,350 total personnel. 57% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

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