Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderClay County Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated
Hayesville, NC · Clay County. Clay County Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 54 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.
- 54
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Clay County Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Carolina average.
- Top 15%
- national personnel size
- +108%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 4
- 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.
Clay County Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Hayesville, NC (Clay County), with 4 stations and 54 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,324 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,324 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #104 of 932
- 7.41 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Clay County
Clay County Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
54 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 02201 · Clay County Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated, NC 54 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 54
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,324
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ South Baldwin Vol…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: South Baldwin Volunteer Fire Company, 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 NC department.
- Clay County Fire… (this dept) 54
- High Kingsland Fire an…, GA 54
- Near South Baldwin Vol…, PA 54
- Near Wilkins Township…, PA 54
- Near Coon Rapids, MN 54
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Hayesville, NC
- County
- Clay County
- FDID
- 02201
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Clay County Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #104 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,324 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster weight
Clay County Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated carries 33.8% of Clay County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (160 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 80% of the county count. County / state rollup.
7.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 54 roster).
Photo-finish peer: South Baldwin Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 54 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.