Department profile
VolunteerGilmer County Fire Department
Ellijay, GA · Gilmer County. Gilmer County Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 10 stations and 101 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 101
- Total personnel
- 10
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Gilmer County Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Georgia average.
- Top 4%
- national personnel size
- +494%
- vs. Georgia average
- 10
- stations
- $818,773
- 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.
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.
Gilmer County Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Ellijay, GA (Gilmer County), with 10 stations and 101 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #908 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $818,773.
- National personnel rank #908 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #28 of 328
- 9.90 stations per 100 personnel
- 1 other listed department in Gilmer County
Gilmer County Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
101 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 06101 · Gilmer County Fire Department, GA 101 personnel · 10 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 101
- STA-MULTI 10 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #908
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kearny
- FEMA-MID $819K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Kearny Fire Department, 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.
- Gilmer County (this dept) 101
- High Evergreen Park, IL 101
- Near Kearny, NJ 101
- Near Teaneck, NJ 101
- Near McKenzie Fire and…, OR 101
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ellijay, GA
- County
- Gilmer County
- FDID
- 06101
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-07954 | $384,000 |
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FG-02595 | $434,772.72 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How Gilmer County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #28 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #908 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 10
- State fire deaths/yr
- 128
- GA departments
- 868
County roster weight
Gilmer County Fire Department carries 62.0% of Gilmer County HIFLD personnel
Among 3 listed departments (163 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 67% of the county count. County / state rollup.
9.90 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (10 stations / 101 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Kearny Fire Department, NJ (+0 personnel).
Nationwide volunteer peers near 101 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.