Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Fountain Inn Fire Department

Fountain Inn, SC · Greenville County. Fountain Inn Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 18 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.

18
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Fountain Inn Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the South Carolina average.

18th pct.
national personnel size
-28%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
61/100
Fountain Inn 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 D
18 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness A
11 vehicles per station (national median 2)
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
18 personnel · 1 station

Fountain Inn Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Fountain Inn, SC (Greenville County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,496 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #18,496 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #344 of 473
  • 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 35 other listed departments in Greenville County

Fountain Inn Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

18 Top 82% higher than 18% 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 23308 · Fountain Inn Fire Department, SC 18 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 18
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #18,496
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Centerville Volun…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Centerville Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+ 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 SC department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Fountain Inn, SC
FDID
23308

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Fountain Inn Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #344 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,496 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 28% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

Fountain Inn Fire Department is 1.6% 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.

5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Centerville Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Belmont Fire Department
Greenville · volunteer
Berea Fire Department
Greenville · volunteer
Boiling Springs Fire District
Greenville · career
Canebrake Fire Department
Fountain Inn · other
Clear Springs Fire and Rescue Department
Simpsonville · volunteer
Donaldson Center Fire Department
Greenville · career
Duncan Chapel Fire Department
Greenville · volunteer
All SC departments →

Nationwide career peers near 18 personnel

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