Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCedartown Fire Department
Cedartown, GA · Polk County. Cedartown Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 21 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.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Cedartown Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Georgia average.
- 28th pct.
- national personnel size
- +24%
- vs. Georgia 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.
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.
Cedartown Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Cedartown, GA (Polk County), with 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,164 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,164 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #195 of 328
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Polk County
Cedartown Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 72% higher than 28% 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 11502 · Cedartown Fire Department, GA 21 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,164
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Buffalo Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department, SC (+ 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.
- Cedartown (this dept) 21
- High Remer, MN 21
- Near Buffalo Volunteer, SC 21
- Near New Salem, MA 21
- Near Fullerton, ND 21
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Cedartown, GA
- County
- Polk County
- FDID
- 11502
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How Cedartown Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #195 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,164 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 128
- GA departments
- 868
County roster weight
Cedartown Fire Department carries 48.8% of Polk County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (43 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.