Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderComfort Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Trenton, NC · Jones County. Comfort Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 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.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Comfort Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the North Carolina average.
- 44th pct.
- national personnel size
- +0%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 1
- station
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.
Comfort Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Trenton, NC (Jones County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,480 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,480 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #738 of 932
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Jones County
Comfort Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services 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 05201 · Comfort Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, NC 26 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,480
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Marquette City Fi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Marquette City Fire Rescue, MI (+ 0 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 NC department.
- Comfort Volunteer… (this dept) 26
- High Belle Plain Volun…, NJ 26
- Near Marquette City Fi…, MI 26
- Near Negaunee Volunteer, MI 26
- Near Chocolay Township…, MI 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Trenton, NC
- County
- Jones County
- FDID
- 05201
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Comfort Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #738 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,480 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster geometry
Jones County HIFLD mix around Comfort Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Jones County: 7 departments, 171 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 86% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Marquette City Fire Rescue, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.