Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderClarkesville Fire Department
Clarkesville, GA · Habersham County. Clarkesville Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 41 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.
- 41
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Clarkesville Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Georgia average.
- Top 25%
- national personnel size
- +141%
- vs. Georgia average
- 1
- station
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.
Clarkesville Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Clarkesville, GA (Habersham County), with 1 station and 41 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,675 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,675 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #90 of 328
- 2.44 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Habersham County
Clarkesville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
41 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 06810 · Clarkesville Fire Department, GA 41 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 41
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,675
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Madison Volunteer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Madison Volunteer Fire Department / Madison Volunteer Rescue Squad, NE (+ 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 GA department.
- Clarkesville (this dept) 41
- High Copeland Ferry Pu…, AL 41
- Near Madison Volunteer…, NE 41
- Near Rodeo-Hercules Fi…, CA 41
- Near Federal Point Fir…, NC 41
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Clarkesville, GA
- County
- Habersham County
- FDID
- 06810
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How Clarkesville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #90 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,675 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 128
- GA departments
- 868
County roster weight
Clarkesville Fire Department carries 40.6% of Habersham County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (101 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 57% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.44 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 41 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Madison Volunteer Fire Department / Madison Volunteer Rescue Squad, NE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 41 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.