Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderEastman Fire and Rescue
West Columbia, SC · Calhoun County. Eastman Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 89 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.
- 89
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Eastman Fire and Rescue pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the South Carolina average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +256%
- 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.
Eastman Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving West Columbia, SC (Calhoun County), with 1 station and 89 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,194 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,194 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #16 of 473
- 1.12 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Calhoun County
Eastman Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
89 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 SC-EASTMAN-FIRE-AND-RESCUE-SC · Eastman Fire and Rescue, SC 89 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 89
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,194
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Somerset Fire and…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Somerset Fire and Emergency Medical Services, KY (+ 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.
- Eastman Fire and… (this dept) 89
- High Montclair, NJ 89
- Near Somerset Fire and…, KY 89
- Near Lavale Volunteer, MD 89
- Near Conneaut, OH 89
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- West Columbia, SC
- County
- Calhoun County
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How Eastman Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #16 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,194 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
Eastman Fire and Rescue carries 32.7% of Calhoun County HIFLD personnel
Among 11 listed departments (272 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 73% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.12 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 89 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Somerset Fire and Emergency Medical Services, KY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 89 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.