Department profile
VolunteerDenmark Fire Department
Denmark, SC · Bamberg County. Denmark Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 51 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 51
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Denmark Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the South Carolina average.
- Top 16%
- national personnel size
- +104%
- 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.
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.
Denmark Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Denmark, SC (Bamberg County), with 1 station and 51 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,701 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,701 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #46 of 473
- 1.96 stations per 100 personnel
- 9 other listed departments in Bamberg County
Denmark Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
51 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 05302 · Denmark Fire Department, SC 51 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 51
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #3,701
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Saint Clair Shores
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Saint Clair Shores Fire Department, 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 SC department.
- Denmark (this dept) 51
- High Shillington Borou…, PA 51
- Near Saint Clair Shores, MI 51
- Near Cridersville, OH 51
- Near Sacramento River…, CA 51
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Denmark, SC
- County
- Bamberg County
- FDID
- 05302
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How Denmark Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #46 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,701 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster weight
Denmark Fire Department carries 67.1% of Bamberg County HIFLD personnel
Among 10 listed departments (76 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 30% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.96 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 51 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Saint Clair Shores Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 51 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.