Department profile
VolunteerClay County Volunteer Fire Department
Fort Gaines, GA · Clay County. Clay County Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 18 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Clay County Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Georgia average.
- 18th pct.
- national personnel size
- +6%
- vs. Georgia average
- 3
- 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 Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Fort Gaines, GA (Clay County), with 3 stations and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,385 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,385 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #220 of 328
- 16.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 1 other listed department in Clay County
Clay County Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 82% higher than 18% 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 03001 · Clay County Volunteer Fire Department, GA 18 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #18,385
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Corinne
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Corinne Fire Department, UT (+ 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.
- Clay County Volun… (this dept) 18
- High Montgomery, MI 18
- Near Corinne, UT 18
- Near Southern Dallas C…, MO 18
- Near Northeast Lakesid…, AR 18
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Fort Gaines, GA
- County
- Clay County
- FDID
- 03001
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How Clay County Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #220 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,385 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 128
- GA departments
- 868
County roster weight
Clay County Volunteer Fire Department carries 100.0% of Clay County HIFLD personnel
Among 2 listed departments (18 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
16.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Corinne Fire Department, UT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.