Department profile

Volunteer

Garden City Fire Department

Garden City, GA · Chatham County. Garden City Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 32 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

32
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Garden City Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Georgia average.

Top 40%
national personnel size
+88%
vs. Georgia average
2
stations
$502,023
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
25/100
Garden City 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
16 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
32 personnel · 2 stations

Garden City Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Garden City, GA (Chatham County), with 2 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,083 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $502,023.

  • National personnel rank #9,083 of 22,440
  • GA personnel rank #114 of 328
  • 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
  • 10 other listed departments in Chatham County

Garden City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

32 Top 40% higher than 60% 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 02502 · Garden City Fire Department, GA 32 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 32
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #9,083
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Holt Community Fi…
  • FEMA-MID $502K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Holt Community Fire Protection District, MO (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Garden City, GA
FDID
02502

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2022–2023)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2023 EMW-2023-FG-09576 $226,666.66
2022 EMW-2022-FG-04121 $275,356.19

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Georgia average

How Garden City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #114 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,083 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 88% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
128
GA departments
868

County roster fringe

Garden City Fire Department is 7.1% of Chatham County roster mass

The county lists 14 departments totaling 451 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 86% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 32 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Holt Community Fire Protection District, MO (+0 personnel).

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Savannah Fire Department
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Southside Fire Department
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel

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

Holt Community Fire Protection District, MO 32 Harlowe Volunteer Fire Department, NC 32 Williams Township Volunteer Fire Department, NC 32 Smithville Area Fire Protection District, MO 32 Resort-Bearcreek Fire Department, MI 32 Fridley Fire Department, MN 32 Boiling Springs Rural Volunteer Fire Department, NC 32 Corolla Fire and Rescue - Whalehead Station, NC 32

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Garden City Fire Department have?

Garden City Fire Department has 32 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 88% above the Georgia average of 17 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #9,083 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within GA, it ranks #114 of 328 by personnel.

Does Garden City Fire Department provide EMS services?

Garden City Fire Department is not listed as providing EMS in the HIFLD record. Contact local emergency services to confirm which agency covers medical calls.

How many fire stations does Garden City Fire Department operate?

Garden City Fire Department operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Garden City Fire Department?

Garden City Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Chatham County, GA. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Garden City Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Garden City Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $502,022.85 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2022–2023 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2023.

How many fire departments are in Georgia?

Georgia has 868 fire departments with 14,656 total personnel. 30% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.