Department profile
VolunteerFort Motte Fire Department Main Station
Saint Matthews, SC · Calhoun County. Fort Motte Fire Department Main Station is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 26 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Fort Motte Fire Department Main Station pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the South Carolina average.
- 44th pct.
- national personnel size
- +4%
- 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.
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.
Fort Motte Fire Department Main Station is a Volunteer department serving Saint Matthews, SC (Calhoun County), with 3 stations and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,560 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,560 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #188 of 473
- 11.54 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Calhoun County
Fort Motte Fire Department Main Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 56% higher than 44% 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 09205 · Fort Motte Fire Department Main Station, SC 26 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #12,560
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Manchester
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Manchester Fire Department, MA (+ 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.
- Fort Motte Fire D… (this dept) 26
- High Pioneer Fire Prot…, CA 26
- Near Manchester, MA 26
- Near Grandin Fire Prot…, ND 26
- Near Ouray Volunteer, CO 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Saint Matthews, SC
- County
- Calhoun County
- FDID
- 09205
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How Fort Motte Fire Department Main Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #188 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,560 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster fringe
Fort Motte Fire Department Main Station is 9.6% of Calhoun County roster mass
The county lists 11 departments totaling 272 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 9% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
11.54 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Manchester Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.