Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCovington Fire Department
Covington, GA · Newton County. Covington Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 46 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.
- 46
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Covington Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Georgia average.
- Top 20%
- national personnel size
- +171%
- vs. Georgia 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.
Covington Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Covington, GA (Newton County), with 1 station and 46 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,580 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,580 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #77 of 328
- 2.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Newton County
Covington Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
46 Top 20% higher than 80% 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 10701 · Covington Fire Department, GA 46 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 46
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,580
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Nebraska City Vol…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Nebraska City Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, NE (+ 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.
- Covington (this dept) 46
- High Orange, MA 46
- Near Nebraska City Vol…, NE 46
- Near Syracuse, UT 46
- Near Stecoah Rescue Sq…, NC 46
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Covington, GA
- County
- Newton County
- FDID
- 10701
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How Covington Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #77 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,580 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 128
- GA departments
- 868
County roster weight
Covington Fire Department carries 73.0% of Newton County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (63 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 11% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 46 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Nebraska City Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, NE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 46 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.