Department profile
VolunteerHelena Volunteer Fire Department
Helena, GA · Telfair County. Helena Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 50 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 50
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Helena Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Georgia average.
- Top 17%
- national personnel size
- +194%
- 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.
Helena Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Helena, GA (Telfair County), with 1 station and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,916 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,916 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #75 of 328
- 2.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Telfair County
Helena Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
50 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 13407 · Helena Volunteer Fire Department, GA 50 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 50
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #3,916
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cliffwood Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cliffwood Volunteer Fire Company, 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.
- Helena Volunteer (this dept) 50
- High Brattleboro, VT 50
- Near Cliffwood Volunte…, NJ 50
- Near Speedwell Volunte…, TN 50
- Near Highlands, NJ 50
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Helena, GA
- County
- Telfair County
- FDID
- 13407
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How Helena Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #75 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,916 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 128
- GA departments
- 868
County roster weight
Helena Volunteer Fire Department carries 31.6% of Telfair County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (158 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 78% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 50 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cliffwood Volunteer Fire Company, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 50 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.