Department profile
VolunteerClaxton Fire Department
Claxton, GA · Evans County. Claxton Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 63 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 63
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Claxton Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Georgia average.
- Top 10%
- national personnel size
- +271%
- vs. Georgia 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.
Claxton Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Claxton, GA (Evans County), with 2 stations and 63 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,354 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,354 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #55 of 328
- 3.17 stations per 100 personnel
- 3 other listed departments in Evans County
Claxton Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
63 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 05403 · Claxton Fire Department, GA 63 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 63
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #2,354
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Maryville
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Maryville Fire Department, TN (+ 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.
- Claxton (this dept) 63
- High Oak Ridge, NC 63
- Near City of Maryville, TN 63
- Near Bethel Volunteer, CT 63
- Near Lake Norman Volun…, NC 63
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Claxton, GA
- County
- Evans County
- FDID
- 05403
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How Claxton Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #55 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,354 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 128
- GA departments
- 868
County roster weight
Claxton Fire Department carries 78.8% of Evans County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (80 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 60% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 63 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Maryville Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 63 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.