Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderClayton County Fire and Emergency Services
Riverdale, GA · Clayton County. Clayton County Fire and Emergency Services is a Career (Paid) department, 12 stations and 300 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.
- 300
- Total personnel
- 12
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Clayton County Fire and Emergency Services pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Georgia average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +1665%
- vs. Georgia average
- 12
- 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.
Clayton County Fire and Emergency Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Riverdale, GA (Clayton County), with 12 stations and 300 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #119 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #119 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #2 of 328
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Clayton County
Clayton County Fire and Emergency Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
300 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 03101 · Clayton County Fire and Emergency Services, GA 300 personnel · 12 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 300
- STA-MULTI 12 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #119
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Waldorf Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Waldorf Volunteer Fire Department, MD (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- High Fayetteville, NC 302
- Near Arlington Texas, TX 301
- Near Port Washington, NY 301
- Clayton County Fi… (this dept) 300
- Near Waldorf Volunteer, MD 300
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Riverdale, GA
- County
- Clayton County
- FDID
- 03101
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How Clayton County Fire and Emergency Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #2 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #119 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 12
- State fire deaths/yr
- 128
- GA departments
- 868
County roster weight
Clayton County Fire and Emergency Services carries 72.1% of Clayton County HIFLD personnel
Among 8 listed departments (416 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (12 stations / 300 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Waldorf Volunteer Fire Department, MD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 300 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.