Department profile
VolunteerClaymont Fire Company
Claymont, DE · New Castle County. Claymont Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 86 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 86
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Claymont Fire Company pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount above the Delaware average.
- Top 6%
- national personnel size
- +32%
- vs. Delaware average
- 2
- stations
- $197,818
- 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.
Claymont Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Claymont, DE (New Castle County), with 2 stations and 86 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,259 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $197,818.
- National personnel rank #1,259 of 22,440
- DE personnel rank #17 of 51
- 2.33 stations per 100 personnel
- 23 other listed departments in New Castle County
Claymont Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
86 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 20013 · Claymont Fire Company, DE 86 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 86
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #1,259
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Beverly H…
- FEMA-LIGHT $198K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Beverly Hills Fire Department, CA (+ 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 DE department.
- Claymont Fire Com… (this dept) 86
- High Jonesboro Fire, AR 86
- Near City of Beverly H…, CA 86
- Near Iona-McGregor Fir…, FL 86
- Near Radnor Fire Compa…, PA 86
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Claymont, DE
- County
- New Castle County
- FDID
- 20013
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-01838 | $197,818 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Delaware average
How Claymont Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Delaware. In-state it ranks #17 of 51 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,259 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 11
- DE departments
- 80
County roster fringe
Claymont Fire Company is 3.7% of New Castle County roster mass
The county lists 31 departments totaling 2,350 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 71% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 86 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Beverly Hills Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 86 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every DE department.