Department profile

Volunteer

Dacusville Fire Department

Easley, SC · Pickens County. Dacusville Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

23
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Dacusville Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the South Carolina average.

33rd pct.
national personnel size
-8%
vs. South 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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
69/100
Dacusville 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 C
23 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness A
9 vehicles per station (national median 2)
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
23 personnel · 1 station

Dacusville Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Easley, SC (Pickens County), with 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,002 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #15,002 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #250 of 473
  • 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
  • 10 other listed departments in Pickens County

Dacusville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

23 Top 67% higher than 33% 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 39203 · Dacusville Fire Department, SC 23 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 23
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #15,002
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Thornton Rural Fi…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Thornton Rural Fire Protection District, CA (+ 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 SC department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Easley, SC
FDID
39203

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Dacusville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #250 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,002 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 8% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

Dacusville Fire Department is 6.5% of Pickens County roster mass

The county lists 12 departments totaling 354 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 17% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 23 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Thornton Rural Fire Protection District, CA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 23 personnel

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