Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCity of Myrtle Beach Fire Department
Myrtle Beach, SC · Horry County. City of Myrtle Beach Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 144 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.
- 144
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Myrtle Beach Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the South Carolina average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +476%
- vs. South Carolina average
- 6
- stations
- $4,648,691
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
City of Myrtle Beach Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Myrtle Beach, SC (Horry County), with 6 stations and 144 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #449 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $4,648,691.
- National personnel rank #449 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #10 of 473
- 4.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Horry County
City of Myrtle Beach Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
144 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 26309 · City of Myrtle Beach Fire Department, SC 144 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 144
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #449
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lake Shore Volunt…
- FEMA-MID $4.6M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lake Shore Volunteer Fire Department, MD (+ 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 SC department.
- City of Myrtle Be… (this dept) 144
- High North las Vegas, NV 144
- Near Lake Shore Volunt…, MD 144
- Near Glen Cove Volunte…, NY 144
- Near Santa Rosa, CA 144
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Myrtle Beach, SC
- County
- Horry County
- FDID
- 26309
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-04928 | $349,511.27 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FF-01624 | $2,704,872 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-06504 | $351,459.09 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FO01751 | $192,010 |
| 2016 | EMW2015FH00133 | $1,053,522 |
| 2008 | EMW2007FF00289 | $-2,683 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How City of Myrtle Beach Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #10 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #449 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster geometry
Horry County HIFLD mix around City of Myrtle Beach Fire Department
Horry County: 12 departments, 780 personnel (2 volunteer / 4 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 50% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 144 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lake Shore Volunteer Fire Department, MD (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 144 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.