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Centenary Volunteer Fire Department

Marion, SC · Marion County. Centenary Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department and 8 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

8
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Centenary Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the South Carolina average.

1st pct.
national personnel size
-68%
vs. South Carolina average

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.

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PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Centenary Volunteer Fire Department

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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
8 personnel

Centenary Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Marion, SC (Marion County) and 8 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,186 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #22,186 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #448 of 473
  • 7 other listed departments in Marion County

Centenary Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

8 Top 99% higher than 1% 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 SC-CENTENARY-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-SC · Centenary Volunteer Fire Department, SC 8 personnel

PERS-MICRO · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MICRO 8
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #22,186
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alamo Springs Vol…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Alamo Springs Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every SC department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Marion, SC

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Centenary Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #448 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,186 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 68% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

Centenary Volunteer Fire Department is 4.5% of Marion County roster mass

The county lists 9 departments totaling 178 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 33% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Alamo Springs Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Marion City Fire Department
Marion · volunteer
Marion Rural Fire Department
Marion · volunteer
Mullins Fire and Rescue
Mullins · volunteer
Nichols Volunteer Fire Department
Nichols · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 8 personnel

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

Alamo Springs Volunteer Fire Department, TX 8 Ash Fork Fire District, AZ 8 Beaver Creek Volunteer Fire Department, TX 8 Brookshire Volunteer Fire Department, TX 8

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Centenary Volunteer Fire Department have?

Centenary Volunteer Fire Department has 8 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 68% below the South Carolina average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #22,186 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within SC, it ranks #448 of 473 by personnel.

Does Centenary Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Centenary Volunteer Fire Department is not listed as providing EMS in the HIFLD record. Contact local emergency services to confirm which agency covers medical calls.

How many fire stations does Centenary Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Centenary Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Centenary Volunteer Fire Department?

Centenary Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Marion County, SC.

How many fire departments are in South Carolina?

South Carolina has 689 fire departments with 17,475 total personnel. 49% are volunteer departments.

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