Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Croft Fire District

Spartanburg, SC · Spartanburg County. Croft Fire District is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 25 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.

25
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Croft Fire District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the South Carolina average.

41st pct.
national personnel size
+0%
vs. South Carolina average
1
station
$5,486,978
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
81/100
Croft Fire District

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 C
25 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness A
11 vehicles per station (national median 2)
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment A
$219,479 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
25 personnel · 1 station

Croft Fire District is a Career (Paid) department serving Spartanburg, SC (Spartanburg County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,252 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $5,486,978.

  • National personnel rank #13,252 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #212 of 473
  • 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 41 other listed departments in Spartanburg County

Croft Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

25 Top 59% higher than 41% 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 42310 · Croft Fire District, SC 25 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 25
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #13,252
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lyme Volunteer
  • FEMA-HEAVY $5.5M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Lyme Volunteer Fire Department, NH (+ 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 SC department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Spartanburg, SC
FDID
42310

FEMA Grant History

$5.5M
Cumulative funding (FY2011–2012)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2012 EMW2011FH00004 $99,300
2011 EMW-2011-FH-0000 $5,387,678

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

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Croft Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #212 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,252 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 0% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

Croft Fire District is 2.2% of Spartanburg County roster mass

The county lists 51 departments totaling 1,144 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 27% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Lyme Volunteer Fire Department, NH (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Arkwright Fire Department
Spartanburg · volunteer
Boiling Springs Fire Department
Boiling Springs · volunteer
Campobello Fire Department
Campobello · other
Cherokee Springs Fire Department
Chesnee · volunteer
Chesnee Community Fire Department
Chesnee · volunteer
City of Landrum Fire Department
Landrum · volunteer
Converse Fire Department
Converse · volunteer
All SC departments →

Nationwide career peers near 25 personnel

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

Lyme Volunteer Fire Department, NH 25 Pensaukee Fire Department, WI 25 Gillett Township Volunteer Fire Department, WI 25 City of Gillett Volunteer Fire Department, WI 25 Cambria Fire Department, CA 25 New Castle Fire Department, PA 25 Merrill Fire Department, WI 25 Riverside County Fire Department, CA 25

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Croft Fire District have?

Croft Fire District has 25 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 0% above the South Carolina average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #13,252 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within SC, it ranks #212 of 473 by personnel.

Does Croft Fire District provide EMS services?

Yes, Croft Fire District provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Croft Fire District operate?

Croft Fire District operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Croft Fire District?

Croft Fire District is a Career (Paid) department serving Spartanburg County, SC. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Croft Fire District received federal grants?

Yes, Croft Fire District has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $5,486,978 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2011–2012 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2012.

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.