Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderGeorgetown County Rural Fire Department
Georgetown, SC · Georgetown County. Georgetown County Rural Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 12 stations and 198 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.
- 198
- Total personnel
- 12
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Georgetown County Rural Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the South Carolina average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +692%
- vs. South Carolina average
- 12
- 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 County Rural Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Georgetown, SC (Georgetown County), with 12 stations and 198 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #228 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #228 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #6 of 473
- 6.06 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Georgetown County
Georgetown County Rural Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
198 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 22306 · Georgetown County Rural Fire Department, SC 198 personnel · 12 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 198
- STA-MULTI 12 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #228
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dauntless Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Dauntless Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+ 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.
- Georgetown County… (this dept) 198
- High Grand Prairie, TX 198
- Near Dauntless Volunte…, PA 198
- Near Goshen Fire Depar…, NY 198
- Near Green Bay, WI 198
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Georgetown, SC
- County
- Georgetown County
- FDID
- 22306
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How Georgetown County Rural Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #6 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #228 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 12
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster geometry
Georgetown County HIFLD mix around Georgetown County Rural Fire Department
Georgetown County: 9 departments, 830 personnel (2 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.06 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (12 stations / 198 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Dauntless Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 198 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.