Department profile

Volunteer

Dunklin Fire Department

Fountain Inn, SC · Greenville County. Dunklin Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 11 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

11
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Dunklin Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the South Carolina average.

3rd pct.
national personnel size
-56%
vs. South Carolina average
3
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
17/100
Dunklin 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 F
3.7 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness D
1.3 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
11 personnel · 3 stations

Dunklin Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Fountain Inn, SC (Greenville County), with 3 stations and 11 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,704 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #21,704 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #425 of 473
  • 27.27 stations per 100 personnel
  • 35 other listed departments in Greenville County

Dunklin Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

11 Top 97% higher than 3% 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 23207 · Dunklin Fire Department, SC 11 personnel · 3 stations

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

  • PERS-MICRO 11
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #21,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cottondale Volunt…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Cottondale Volunteer Fire Department, FL (+ 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
Fountain Inn, SC
FDID
23207

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Dunklin Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #425 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,704 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 56% below the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

Dunklin Fire Department is 1.0% of Greenville County roster mass

The county lists 48 departments totaling 1,091 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 46% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

27.27 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 11 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Cottondale Volunteer Fire Department, FL (+0 personnel).

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

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Donaldson Center Fire Department
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Duncan Chapel Fire Department
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 11 personnel

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