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Colleton County Fire and Rescue

Islandton, SC · Colleton County. Colleton County Fire and Rescue is a fire department and 26 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

26
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Colleton County Fire and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the South Carolina average.

44th pct.
national personnel size
+4%
vs. South Carolina average
$1,412,037
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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
91/100
Colleton County Fire and Rescue

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
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment A
$54,309 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
26 personnel

Colleton County Fire and Rescue is a fire department serving Islandton, SC (Colleton County) and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,477 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,412,037.

  • National personnel rank #12,477 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #186 of 473
  • 3 other listed departments in Colleton County

Colleton County Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

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

26 Top 56% higher than 44% 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-COLLETON-COUNTY-FIRE-AND-RESCUE-SC · Colleton County Fire and Rescue, SC 26 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 26
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #12,477
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 161st Air Nationa…
  • FEMA-MID $1.4M
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: 161st Air National Guard-Dod, AZ (+ 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
Islandton, SC

FEMA Grant History

$1.4M
Cumulative funding (FY2010–2016)
3
Awards
Year Award Amount
2016 EMW2015FO00119 $187,660
2012 EMW-2012-FH-0018 $1,015,362
2010 EMW-2010-FO-0231 $209,015

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Colleton County Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #186 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,477 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 4% above the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

Colleton County Fire and Rescue is 6.5% of Colleton County roster mass

The county lists 4 departments totaling 401 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 50% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: 161st Air National Guard-Dod, AZ (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Colleton County Fire and Rescue
Walterboro · volunteer
Edisto Beach Fire Department
Edisto Beach · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 26 personnel

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

161st Air National Guard-Dod, AZ 26 Alna Volunteer Fire Department, ME 26 Arcola Fire Protection District - Westside Fire Station, IL 26 Armington Community Fire Protection District, IL 26

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Colleton County Fire and Rescue have?

Colleton County Fire and Rescue has 26 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 4% above the South Carolina average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #12,477 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within SC, it ranks #186 of 473 by personnel.

Does Colleton County Fire and Rescue provide EMS services?

Colleton County Fire and Rescue is not listed as providing EMS in the HIFLD record. Contact local emergency services to confirm which agency covers medical calls.

How many fire stations does Colleton County Fire and Rescue operate?

Station count data for Colleton County Fire and Rescue is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Colleton County Fire and Rescue?

Colleton County Fire and Rescue is a fire department serving Colleton County, SC.

Has Colleton County Fire and Rescue received federal grants?

Yes, Colleton County Fire and Rescue has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $1,412,037 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2010–2016 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2016.

How many fire departments are in South Carolina?

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

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.