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Columbia Fire Department

Eastover, SC · Richland County. Columbia Fire Department is a fire department and 12 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

12
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Columbia Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the South Carolina average.

5th pct.
national personnel size
-52%
vs. South Carolina average
$1,126,792
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
99/100
Columbia Fire 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
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
$93,899 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
12 personnel

Columbia Fire Department is a fire department serving Eastover, SC (Richland County) and 12 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,339 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,126,792.

  • National personnel rank #21,339 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #417 of 473
  • 4 other listed departments in Richland County

Columbia Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

12 Top 95% higher than 5% 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-COLUMBIA-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-SC · Columbia Fire Department, SC 12 personnel

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

  • PERS-MICRO 12
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #21,339
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 84 East Volunteer
  • FEMA-MID $1.1M
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: 84 East Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 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
Eastover, SC

FEMA Grant History

$1.1M
Cumulative funding (FY2010–2016)
5
Awards
Year Award Amount
2016 EMW2015FH00523 $1,207,000
2015 EMW2014FO04603 $167,333
2013 EMW2012FO06564 $162,837
2011 EMW2010FF00570 $-52,088
2010 EMW2009FH01159 $-358,290

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

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Columbia Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #417 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,339 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 52% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

Columbia Fire Department is 2.0% of Richland County roster mass

The county lists 6 departments totaling 603 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 33% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: 84 East Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Columbia Fire Department
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Nationwide departments near 12 personnel

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

84 East Volunteer Fire Department, TX 12 Assaria City Fire Department, KS 12 Bardwell Area Volunteer Fire Department, TX 12 Bendena Fire Department, KS 12

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Columbia Fire Department have?

Columbia Fire Department has 12 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 52% below the South Carolina average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #21,339 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within SC, it ranks #417 of 473 by personnel.

Does Columbia Fire Department provide EMS services?

Columbia Fire Department 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 Columbia Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Columbia Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Columbia Fire Department?

Columbia Fire Department is a fire department serving Richland County, SC.

Has Columbia Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Columbia Fire Department has received 5 FEMA grants totaling $1,126,792 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.