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Gowensville Volunteer Fire Department

Landrum, SC · Greenville County. Gowensville Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

25
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Gowensville Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the South Carolina average.

40th pct.
national personnel size
+0%
vs. South Carolina average
$99,840
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
12/100
Gowensville Volunteer 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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment F
$3,994 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
25 personnel

Gowensville Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Landrum, SC (Greenville County) and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,432 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $99,840.

  • National personnel rank #13,432 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #218 of 473
  • 35 other listed departments in Greenville County

Gowensville Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

25 Top 60% higher than 40% 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 SC-GOWENSVILLE-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-SC · Gowensville Volunteer Fire Department, SC 25 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 25
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #13,432
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Addieville Commun…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $100K
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Addieville Community Fire Protection District, IL (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every SC department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Landrum, SC

FEMA Grant History

$100K
Cumulative funding (FY2014)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2014 EMW2013FF00536 $99,840

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

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Gowensville Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #218 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,432 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 0% above the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

Gowensville Volunteer Fire Department is 2.3% of Greenville County roster mass

The county lists 48 departments totaling 1,091 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 46% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

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

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Clear Springs Fire and Rescue Department
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Donaldson Center Fire Department
Greenville · career
Duncan Chapel Fire Department
Greenville · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 25 personnel

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

Addieville Community Fire Protection District, IL 25 Alamo Heights Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, TX 25 Albion Fire Department, ME 25 Aledo Fire Protection District, IL 25

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Gowensville Volunteer Fire Department have?

Gowensville Volunteer Fire Department has 25 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 0% above the South Carolina average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #13,432 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within SC, it ranks #218 of 473 by personnel.

Does Gowensville Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Gowensville Volunteer 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 Gowensville Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Gowensville Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Gowensville Volunteer Fire Department?

Gowensville Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Greenville County, SC.

Has Gowensville Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Gowensville Volunteer Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $99,840 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2014 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2014.

How many fire departments are in South Carolina?

South Carolina has 689 fire departments with 17,475 total personnel. 49% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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