Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Isle of Hope Volunteer Fire Department

Savannah, GA · Chatham County. Isle of Hope Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 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.

35
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Isle of Hope Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Georgia average.

Top 35%
national personnel size
+106%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
77/100
Isle of Hope Volunteer 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
35 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
35 personnel · 1 station

Isle of Hope Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Savannah, GA (Chatham County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,863 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #7,863 of 22,440
  • GA personnel rank #106 of 328
  • 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 10 other listed departments in Chatham County

Isle of Hope Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

35 Top 35% higher than 65% 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 02504 · Isle of Hope Volunteer Fire Department, GA 35 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 35
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #7,863
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Plattsburg Fire P…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Plattsburg Fire Protection District, MO (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Savannah, GA
FDID
02504

Staffing vs the Georgia average

How Isle of Hope Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #106 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,863 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 106% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
128
GA departments
868

County roster fringe

Isle of Hope Volunteer Fire Department is 7.8% of Chatham County roster mass

The county lists 14 departments totaling 451 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 86% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).

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

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel

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