Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCartersville Fire Department
Cartersville, GA · Bartow County. Cartersville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 59 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.
- 59
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Cartersville Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Georgia average.
- Top 12%
- national personnel size
- +247%
- vs. Georgia average
- 3
- stations
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.
Cartersville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Cartersville, GA (Bartow County), with 3 stations and 59 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,750 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,750 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #61 of 328
- 5.08 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 2 other listed departments in Bartow County
Cartersville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
59 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 00805 · Cartersville Fire Department, GA 59 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 59
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,750
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gilford Fire Resc…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Gilford Fire Rescue Department, NH (+ 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 GA department.
- Cartersville (this dept) 59
- High Campbellsville, KY 59
- Near Gilford Fire Resc…, NH 59
- Near Lafayette, CO 59
- Near North Highline Fi…, WA 59
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Cartersville, GA
- County
- Bartow County
- FDID
- 00805
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How Cartersville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #61 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,750 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 128
- GA departments
- 868
County roster weight
Cartersville Fire Department carries 34.3% of Bartow County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (172 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.08 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 59 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Gilford Fire Rescue Department, NH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 59 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.