Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHiwassee Dam Volunteer Fire Department
Murphy, NC · Cherokee County. Hiwassee Dam Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 37 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.
- 37
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Hiwassee Dam Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the North Carolina average.
- Top 31%
- national personnel size
- +42%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 2
- stations
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.
Hiwassee Dam Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Murphy, NC (Cherokee County), with 2 stations and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,040 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,040 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #368 of 932
- 5.41 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Cherokee County
Hiwassee Dam Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
37 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 02006 · Hiwassee Dam Volunteer Fire Department, NC 37 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 37
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,040
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kensington Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Kensington Volunteer Fire Department, CT (+ 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.
- Hiwassee Dam Volu… (this dept) 37
- High Bath, SC 37
- Near Kensington Volunt…, CT 37
- Near Belton, MO 37
- Near Carnegie Voluntee…, PA 37
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Murphy, NC
- County
- Cherokee County
- FDID
- 02006
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Hiwassee Dam Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #368 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,040 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster geometry
Cherokee County HIFLD mix around Hiwassee Dam Volunteer Fire Department
Cherokee County: 15 departments, 271 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 37 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Kensington Volunteer Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 37 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.