Department profile
Career (Paid)Cordele Fire Department
Cordele, GA · Crisp County. Cordele Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 24 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 24
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Cordele Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Georgia average.
- 36th pct.
- national personnel size
- +41%
- vs. Georgia average
- 2
- 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.
Cordele Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Cordele, GA (Crisp County), with 2 stations and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,320 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,320 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #170 of 328
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- 2 other listed departments in Crisp County
Cordele Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
24 Top 64% higher than 36% 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 04002 · Cordele Fire Department, GA 24 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 24
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #14,320
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fowler Center Tow…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Fowler Center Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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 GA department.
- Cordele (this dept) 24
- High Texas Charter Tow…, MI 24
- Near Fowler Center Tow…, IN 24
- Near Bayfield Volunteer, WI 24
- Near Hookstown Volunte…, PA 24
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Cordele, GA
- County
- Crisp County
- FDID
- 04002
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How Cordele Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #170 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,320 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 128
- GA departments
- 868
County roster weight
Cordele Fire Department carries 34.8% of Crisp County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (69 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 25% of the county count. County / state rollup.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 24 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Fowler Center Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 24 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.