Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Clemson 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
PlainFireData Composite Score
94/100
Clemson University Fire and Emergency Medical Services

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.

Staffing capacity A
51 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness A
13 vehicles per station (national median 2)
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
51 personnel · 1 station

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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Clemson, SC
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.

▲ 104% above the state average
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

Central Fire Department
Central · other
City of Easley Fire Department
Easley · volunteer
City of Pickens Fire Department
Pickens · volunteer
Dacusville Fire Department
Easley · volunteer
Liberty Fire Department
Liberty · volunteer
Norris Volunteer Fire Department
Norris · volunteer
Pumpkintown Fire Department
Pickens · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 51 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.