Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderGum Branch Fire and Emergency Services
Hinesville, GA · Liberty County. Gum Branch Fire and Emergency Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 27 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.
- 27
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Gum Branch Fire and Emergency Services pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Georgia average.
- 46th pct.
- national personnel size
- +59%
- vs. Georgia average
- 1
- station
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.
Gum Branch Fire and Emergency Services is a Volunteer department serving Hinesville, GA (Liberty County), with 1 station and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,069 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,069 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #141 of 328
- 3.70 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Liberty County
Gum Branch Fire and Emergency Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
27 Top 54% higher than 46% 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 08908 · Gum Branch Fire and Emergency Services, GA 27 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 27
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,069
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fowler Rural Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Fowler Rural Fire Protection District, CO (+ 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.
- Gum Branch Fire a… (this dept) 27
- High Wrenshall, MN 27
- Near Fowler Rural Fire…, CO 27
- Near North Transylvani…, NC 27
- Near Esko-Thomson Town…, MN 27
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Hinesville, GA
- County
- Liberty County
- FDID
- 08908
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How Gum Branch Fire and Emergency Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #141 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,069 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 128
- GA departments
- 868
County roster geometry
Liberty County HIFLD mix around Gum Branch Fire and Emergency Services
Liberty County: 12 departments, 246 personnel (4 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 92% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 27 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Fowler Rural Fire Protection District, CO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 27 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.