Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderColleton County Fire and Rescue
Walterboro, SC · Colleton County. Colleton County Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 30 stations and 321 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.
- 321
- Total personnel
- 30
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Colleton County Fire and Rescue pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the South Carolina average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +1184%
- vs. South Carolina average
- 30
- 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.
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.
Colleton County Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Walterboro, SC (Colleton County), with 30 stations and 321 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #103 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #103 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #3 of 473
- 9.35 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 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
321 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 15501 · Colleton County Fire and Rescue, SC 321 personnel · 30 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 321
- STA-SYSTEM 30 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #103
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ East Fork Fire Pr…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: East Fork Fire Protection District, NV ( -1 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.
- High Kalamazoo Departm…, MI 325
- Colleton County F… (this dept) 321
- Near East Fork Fire Pr…, NV 320
- Near Sunnyvale Departm…, CA 320
- Low City of Madison, WI 318
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Walterboro, SC
- County
- Colleton County
- FDID
- 15501
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 #3 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #103 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 30
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster weight
Colleton County Fire and Rescue carries 80.0% of Colleton County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (401 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
9.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (30 stations / 321 roster).
Photo-finish peer: East Fork Fire Protection District, NV (-1 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 321 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.