Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderFort Oglethorpe Fire Department
Fort Oglethorpe, GA · Catoosa County. Fort Oglethorpe Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 74 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.
- 74
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Fort Oglethorpe Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Georgia average.
- Top 8%
- national personnel size
- +335%
- vs. Georgia 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 Oglethorpe Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Fort Oglethorpe, GA (Catoosa County), with 3 stations and 74 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,717 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,717 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #48 of 328
- 4.05 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 2 other listed departments in Catoosa County
Fort Oglethorpe Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
74 Top 8% higher than 92% 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 02302 · Fort Oglethorpe Fire Department, GA 74 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 74
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,717
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rutherford Fire D…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Rutherford Fire Department - Ames Avenue Station, NJ (+ 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 GA department.
- Fort Oglethorpe (this dept) 74
- High Forest Grove Fire…, OR 74
- Near Rutherford Fire D…, NJ 74
- Near Clear Creek Fire…, CO 74
- Near Tolland Fire Depa…, CT 74
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Fort Oglethorpe, GA
- County
- Catoosa County
- FDID
- 02302
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How Fort Oglethorpe Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #48 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,717 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 128
- GA departments
- 868
County roster weight
Fort Oglethorpe Fire Department carries 48.4% of Catoosa County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (153 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.05 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 74 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Rutherford Fire Department - Ames Avenue Station, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 74 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.