Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Clinton Fire and Rescue Department

Clinton, NC · Sampson County. Clinton Fire and Rescue Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 37 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.

37
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Clinton Fire and Rescue Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the North Carolina average.

Top 31%
national personnel size
+42%
vs. North Carolina average
2
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
33/100
Clinton Fire and Rescue Department

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 D
18.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
37 personnel · 2 stations

Clinton Fire and Rescue Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Clinton, NC (Sampson County), with 2 stations and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,976 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #6,976 of 22,440
  • NC personnel rank #360 of 932
  • 5.41 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 15 other listed departments in Sampson County

Clinton Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

37 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 08203 · Clinton Fire and Rescue Department, NC 37 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 37
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Triangle Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Triangle Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+ 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 NC department.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Clinton, NC
FDID
08203

Staffing vs the North Carolina average

How Clinton Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #360 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,976 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 42% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
131
NC departments
1,534

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Sampson County

County mix is mostly volunteer (10 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

5.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 37 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Triangle Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide career peers near 37 personnel

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