Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderGeorgetown City Fire Department
Georgetown, SC · Georgetown County. Georgetown City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 43 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.
- 43
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Georgetown City Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the South Carolina average.
- Top 24%
- national personnel size
- +72%
- vs. South Carolina average
- 2
- 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.
Georgetown City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Georgetown, SC (Georgetown County), with 2 stations and 43 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,296 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,296 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #64 of 473
- 4.65 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Georgetown County
Georgetown City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
43 Top 24% higher than 76% 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 22302 · Georgetown City Fire Department, SC 43 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 43
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,296
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Winfield Vol…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Winfield Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Georgetown City (this dept) 43
- High Tiburon Fire Prot…, CA 43
- Near West Winfield Vol…, NY 43
- Near Cedarville, NY 43
- Near Henlawson Volunte…, WV 43
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Georgetown, SC
- County
- Georgetown County
- FDID
- 22302
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How Georgetown City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #64 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,296 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster fringe
Georgetown City Fire Department is 5.2% of Georgetown County roster mass
The county lists 9 departments totaling 830 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 67% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.65 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 43 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Winfield Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 43 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.