Department profile
VolunteerCherokee Springs Fire Department
Chesnee, SC · Spartanburg County. Cherokee Springs Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 34 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 34
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Cherokee Springs Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the South Carolina average.
- Top 37%
- national personnel size
- +36%
- vs. South 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 Springs Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Chesnee, SC (Spartanburg County), with 2 stations and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,286 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,286 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #109 of 473
- 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
- 41 other listed departments in Spartanburg County
Cherokee Springs Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
34 Top 37% higher than 63% 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 42205 · Cherokee Springs Fire Department, SC 34 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 34
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #8,286
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rew Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Rew Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 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 SC department.
- Cherokee Springs (this dept) 34
- High Pelican Fire and…, WI 34
- Near Rew Volunteer, PA 34
- Near Iowa Falls Fire D…, IA 34
- Near Painesville City, OH 34
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Chesnee, SC
- County
- Spartanburg County
- FDID
- 42205
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How Cherokee Springs Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #109 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,286 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster fringe
Cherokee Springs Fire Department is 3.0% of Spartanburg County roster mass
The county lists 51 departments totaling 1,144 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 27% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 34 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Rew Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 34 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.