Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderHorry County Fire Rescue
Conway, SC · Horry County. Horry County Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 39 stations and 464 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.
- 464
- Total personnel
- 39
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Horry County Fire Rescue pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the South Carolina average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +1756%
- vs. South Carolina average
- 39
- 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.
Horry County Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Conway, SC (Horry County), with 39 stations and 464 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #62 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #62 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #2 of 473
- 8.41 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Horry County
Horry County Fire Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
464 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 26501 · Horry County Fire Rescue, SC 464 personnel · 39 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 464
- STA-SYSTEM 39 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #62
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Greensboro
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Greensboro Fire Department, NC ( -5 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 SC department.
- High Worcester, MA 475
- Horry County Fire… (this dept) 464
- Near Greensboro, NC 459
- Near Yonkers, NY 459
- Low Tacoma, WA 455
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Conway, SC
- County
- Horry County
- FDID
- 26501
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How Horry County Fire Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #2 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #62 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 39
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster weight
Horry County Fire Rescue carries 59.5% of Horry County HIFLD personnel
Among 12 listed departments (780 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 17% of the county count. County / state rollup.
8.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (39 stations / 464 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Greensboro Fire Department, NC (-5 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 464 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.