Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHaw River Fire Department
Haw River, NC · Alamance County. Haw River Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 29 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.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Haw River Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the North Carolina average.
- Top 49%
- national personnel size
- +12%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 1
- station
- $496,000
- 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.
Haw River Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Haw River, NC (Alamance County), with 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,068 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $496,000.
- National personnel rank #11,068 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #647 of 932
- 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Alamance County
Haw River Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 49% higher than 51% 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 00108 · Haw River Fire Department, NC 29 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,068
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Birmingport Fire…
- FEMA-LIGHT $496K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Birmingport Fire District, AL (+ 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 NC department.
- Haw River (this dept) 29
- High Burns, OR 29
- Near Birmingport Fire…, AL 29
- Near Brookside Fire an…, AL 29
- Near Hood River Fire a…, OR 29
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Haw River, NC
- County
- Alamance County
- FDID
- 00108
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FF-01497 | $496,000 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Haw River Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #647 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,068 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster fringe
Haw River Fire Department is 4.9% of Alamance County roster mass
The county lists 21 departments totaling 586 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 52% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Birmingport Fire District, AL (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.