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Clio Rural Fire Department - East Station

Clio, SC · Marlboro County. Clio Rural Fire Department - East Station is a fire department and 13 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.

13
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Clio Rural Fire Department - East Station pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the South Carolina average.

6th pct.
national personnel size
-48%
vs. South Carolina average

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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Clio Rural Fire Department - East Station

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
No station count on file for this department
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
13 personnel

Clio Rural Fire Department - East Station is a fire department serving Clio, SC (Marlboro County) and 13 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,043 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #21,043 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #407 of 473
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 5 other listed departments in Marlboro County

Clio Rural Fire Department - East Station vs. the national personnel distribution

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

13 Top 94% higher than 6% 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 SC-CLIO-RURAL-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-EAST-STATION-SC · Clio Rural Fire Department - East Station, SC 13 personnel

PERS-MICRO · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MICRO 13
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #21,043
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Athens Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Athens Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every SC department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Clio, SC

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Clio Rural Fire Department - East Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #407 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,043 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 48% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

Clio Rural Fire Department - East Station is 7.5% of Marlboro County roster mass

The county lists 9 departments totaling 173 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 22% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Athens Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Brightsville Volunteer Fire Department
Bennettsville · volunteer
Town of McColl Fire Department
Mccoll · volunteer
Wallace Volunteer Fire Department
Wallace · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 13 personnel

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

Athens Volunteer Fire Department, ME 13 Aurora Volunteer Fire Department, ME 13 Bath Fire Protection District, IL 13 Belpre Township Fire Department, KS 13

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Clio Rural Fire Department - East Station have?

Clio Rural Fire Department - East Station has 13 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 48% below the South Carolina average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #21,043 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within SC, it ranks #407 of 473 by personnel.

Does Clio Rural Fire Department - East Station provide EMS services?

Yes, Clio Rural Fire Department - East Station provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Clio Rural Fire Department - East Station operate?

Station count data for Clio Rural Fire Department - East Station is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Clio Rural Fire Department - East Station?

Clio Rural Fire Department - East Station is a fire department serving Marlboro County, SC.

How many fire departments are in South Carolina?

South Carolina has 689 fire departments with 17,475 total personnel. 49% are volunteer departments.

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