Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Goldsboro Fire Department

Goldsboro, NC · Wayne County. Goldsboro Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 82 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.

82
Total personnel
5
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Goldsboro Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Carolina average.

Top 6%
national personnel size
+215%
vs. North Carolina average
5
stations
$183,712
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
26/100
Goldsboro 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
16.4 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
82 personnel · 5 stations

Goldsboro Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Goldsboro, NC (Wayne County), with 5 stations and 82 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,393 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $183,712.

  • National personnel rank #1,393 of 22,440
  • NC personnel rank #33 of 932
  • 6.10 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 28 other listed departments in Wayne County

Goldsboro Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

82 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 09611 · Goldsboro Fire Department, NC 82 personnel · 5 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 82
  • STA-FEW 5 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,393
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ International Pap…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $184K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: International Paper Company - Fire Brigade, VA (+ 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 NC department.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Goldsboro, NC
FDID
09611

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2019)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2019 EMW-2019-FG-00443 $183,712

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

Staffing vs the North Carolina average

How Goldsboro Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #33 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,393 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 215% above the state average
Stations
5
State fire deaths/yr
131
NC departments
1,534

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Wayne County

County mix is mostly volunteer (16 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

6.10 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 82 roster).

Photo-finish peer: International Paper Company - Fire Brigade, VA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Antioch Rural Fire Department
Pikeville · volunteer
Belfast Volunteer Fire Fighters
Goldsboro · other
Dudley Fire Department
Dudley · other
Elroy Volunteer Firefighters
Goldsboro · volunteer
Faro Volunteer Fire District
Fremont · volunteer
Fremont Volunteer Fire Department
Fremont · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 82 personnel

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

International Paper Company - Fire Brigade, VA 82 Westbrook Fire Department, CT 82 Chester County Fire Department, TN 82 Woodbridge Fire Department, NJ 82 Gainesville Fire Department, GA 82 Waterford Township Fire Department, MI 82 Cleveland Fire Department, TN 82 Miami Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services - Central Station, OH 82

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Goldsboro Fire Department have?

Goldsboro Fire Department has 82 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 215% above the North Carolina average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,393 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NC, it ranks #33 of 932 by personnel.

Does Goldsboro Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Goldsboro Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Goldsboro Fire Department operate?

Goldsboro Fire Department operates 5 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Goldsboro Fire Department?

Goldsboro Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Wayne County, NC. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Goldsboro Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Goldsboro Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $183,712 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2019 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2019.

How many fire departments are in North Carolina?

North Carolina has 1,534 fire departments with 40,350 total personnel. 57% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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