Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Hinesville Fire Department

Hinesville, GA · Liberty County. Hinesville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 60 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.

60
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Hinesville Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Georgia average.

Top 12%
national personnel size
+253%
vs. Georgia average
2
stations
$957,068
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
67/100
Hinesville 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 B
30 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
60 personnel · 2 stations

Hinesville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Hinesville, GA (Liberty County), with 2 stations and 60 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,619 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $957,068.

  • National personnel rank #2,619 of 22,440
  • GA personnel rank #60 of 328
  • 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in Liberty County

Hinesville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

60 Top 12% higher than 88% of 22,440 departments

Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more departments. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06

Dispatch plate

Sheet 08901 · Hinesville Fire Department, GA 60 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-MID 60
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #2,619
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lawson Fire and R…
  • FEMA-MID $957K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Lawson Fire and Rescue Protection District, MO (+ 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 GA department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Hinesville, GA
FDID
08901

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2010)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2010 EMW-2010-FR-0030 $957,068

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

Staffing vs the Georgia average

How Hinesville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #60 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,619 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 253% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
128
GA departments
868

County staffing outlier

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

County mix is mostly volunteer (4 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 60 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Lawson Fire and Rescue Protection District, MO (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Eastern District Fire and Rescue
Midway · volunteer
Fleming Fire and Rescue
Fleming · volunteer
Fort Stewart Fire Department
Fort Stewart · career
Gum Branch Fire and Emergency Services
Hinesville · volunteer
Walthourville Volunteer Fire Department
Allenhurst · volunteer
All GA departments →

Nationwide career peers near 60 personnel

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

Lawson Fire and Rescue Protection District, MO 60 Northampton Township Volunteer Fire Company, PA 60 Stony Hill Rural Fire Department Incorporated, NC 60 Smithfield Volunteer Fire Department, VA 60 Deltona Fire Rescue Department, FL 60 Middletown Fire Department, CT 60 McGuire Air Force Base Fire Department-Dod, NJ 60 North River Fire District, FL 60

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Hinesville Fire Department have?

Hinesville Fire Department has 60 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 253% above the Georgia average of 17 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #2,619 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within GA, it ranks #60 of 328 by personnel.

Does Hinesville Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Hinesville Fire Department operate?

Hinesville Fire Department operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Hinesville Fire Department?

Hinesville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Liberty County, GA. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Hinesville Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Hinesville Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $957,068 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2010 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2010.

How many fire departments are in Georgia?

Georgia has 868 fire departments with 14,656 total personnel. 30% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

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