Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderClemson University Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Clemson, SC · Pickens County. Clemson University Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 51 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.
- 51
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Clemson University Fire and Emergency Medical Services pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the South Carolina average.
- Top 16%
- national personnel size
- +104%
- vs. South Carolina average
- 1
- station
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.
Clemson University Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Clemson, SC (Pickens County), with 1 station and 51 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,694 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,694 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #45 of 473
- 1.96 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Pickens County
Clemson University Fire and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
51 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 39302 · Clemson University Fire and Emergency Medical Services, SC 51 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 51
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,694
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Duboistown
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Duboistown Fire Department, 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 SC department.
- Clemson Universit… (this dept) 51
- High Santa Clara Count…, CA 51
- Near Duboistown, PA 51
- Near City of Manitowoc, WI 51
- Near Cleveland Volunte…, WI 51
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Clemson, SC
- County
- Pickens County
- FDID
- 39302
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How Clemson University Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #45 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,694 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster geometry
Pickens County HIFLD mix around Clemson University Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Pickens County: 12 departments, 354 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 17% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.96 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 51 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Duboistown Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 51 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.