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Central Fire Department

Central, SC · Pickens County. Central Fire Department is a fire department and 48 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.

48
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Central Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the South Carolina average.

Top 19%
national personnel size
+92%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Central 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
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
48 personnel

Central Fire Department is a fire department serving Central, SC (Pickens County) and 48 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,241 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #4,241 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #49 of 473
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 10 other listed departments in Pickens County

Central Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

48 Top 19% higher than 81% 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-CENTRAL-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-SC · Central Fire Department, SC 48 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 48
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #4,241
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 104th Fighter Win…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: 104th Fighter Wing Barnes Air National Guard Fire and Rescue-Dod, MA (+ 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
Central, SC

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Central Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #49 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,241 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 92% above the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster geometry

Pickens County HIFLD mix around Central Fire Department

Pickens County: 12 departments, 354 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 17% of departments. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: 104th Fighter Wing Barnes Air National Guard Fire and Rescue-Dod, MA (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

City of Easley Fire Department
Easley · volunteer
City of Pickens Fire Department
Pickens · volunteer
Dacusville Fire Department
Easley · volunteer
Liberty Fire Department
Liberty · volunteer
Norris Volunteer Fire Department
Norris · volunteer
Pumpkintown Fire Department
Pickens · volunteer
All SC departments →

Nationwide departments near 48 personnel

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

104th Fighter Wing Barnes Air National Guard Fire and Rescue-Dod, MA 48 Fort Detrick Fire and Emergency Services-Dod, MD 48 Grayslake Fire Protection District, IL 48 Hanover Park Fire Department, IL 48

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Central Fire Department have?

Central Fire Department has 48 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 92% above the South Carolina average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #4,241 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within SC, it ranks #49 of 473 by personnel.

Does Central Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Central Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Central Fire Department operate?

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

What type of fire department is Central Fire Department?

Central Fire Department is a fire department serving Pickens 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.

Related guides

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