Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderForest City Fire Department
Forest City, NC · Rutherford County. Forest City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 29 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.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Forest City Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the North Carolina average.
- Top 49%
- national personnel size
- +12%
- vs. North 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.
Forest City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Forest City, NC (Rutherford County), with 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,036 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,036 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #645 of 932
- 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 17 other listed departments in Rutherford County
Forest City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 49% higher than 51% 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 08105 · Forest City Fire Department, NC 29 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,036
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Doolittle Rural F…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Doolittle Rural Fire Protection Association, MO (+ 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 NC department.
- Forest City (this dept) 29
- High Millport, NY 29
- Near Doolittle Rural F…, MO 29
- Near Rolla Fire and Re…, MO 29
- Near Gila Bend Air For…, AZ 29
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Forest City, NC
- County
- Rutherford County
- FDID
- 08105
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Forest City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #645 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,036 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster fringe
Forest City Fire Department is 4.7% of Rutherford County roster mass
The county lists 21 departments totaling 618 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 52% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Doolittle Rural Fire Protection Association, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.