Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCherokee Fire Department - Emergency Medical First Response
Cherokee, NC · Swain County. Cherokee Fire Department - Emergency Medical First Response is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 43 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.
- 43
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Cherokee Fire Department - Emergency Medical First Response pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the North Carolina average.
- Top 23%
- national personnel size
- +65%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 2
- 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.
Cherokee Fire Department - Emergency Medical First Response is a Volunteer department serving Cherokee, NC (Swain County), with 2 stations and 43 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,262 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,262 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #232 of 932
- 4.65 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Swain County
Cherokee Fire Department - Emergency Medical First Response vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
43 Top 23% higher than 77% 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 08702 · Cherokee Fire Department - Emergency Medical First Response, NC 43 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 43
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,262
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Montrose Fire Pro…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Montrose Fire Protection District, CO (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer 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.
- Cherokee Fire Dep… (this dept) 43
- High Goose Creek Rural…, SC 43
- Near Montrose Fire Pro…, CO 43
- Near California Depart…, CA 43
- Near Marblehead, MA 43
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Cherokee, NC
- County
- Swain County
- FDID
- 08702
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Cherokee Fire Department - Emergency Medical First Response's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #232 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,262 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster weight
Cherokee Fire Department - Emergency Medical First Response carries 41.3% of Swain County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (104 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 75% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.65 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 43 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Montrose Fire Protection District, CO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 43 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.