Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHowe Springs Fire District
Florence, SC · Florence County. Howe Springs Fire District is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 12 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.
- 12
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Howe Springs Fire District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the South Carolina average.
- 4th pct.
- national personnel size
- -52%
- vs. South Carolina average
- 5
- 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.
Howe Springs Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Florence, SC (Florence County), with 5 stations and 12 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,434 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,434 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #419 of 473
- 41.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Florence County
Howe Springs Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
12 Top 96% higher than 4% 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 21332 · Howe Springs Fire District, SC 12 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MICRO · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 12
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #21,434
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Moyie Springs
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Moyie Springs Fire Department, ID (+ 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 SC department.
- Howe Springs Fire… (this dept) 12
- High Sycamore Volunteer, FL 12
- Near Moyie Springs, ID 12
- Near Butler Park Fire…, NJ 12
- Near Nelson Lagoon Fir…, AK 12
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Florence, SC
- County
- Florence County
- FDID
- 21332
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How Howe Springs Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #419 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,434 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster fringe
Howe Springs Fire District is 2.6% of Florence County roster mass
The county lists 20 departments totaling 456 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 30% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
41.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 12 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Moyie Springs Fire Department, ID (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 12 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.