Department profile

Volunteer

Jacksonville Volunteer Fire Department

Jacksonville, GA · Telfair County. Jacksonville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 19 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

19
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Jacksonville Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Georgia average.

20th pct.
national personnel size
+12%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
35/100
Jacksonville 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 D
19 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
19 personnel · 1 station

Jacksonville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Jacksonville, GA (Telfair County), with 1 station and 19 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,029 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #18,029 of 22,440
  • GA personnel rank #217 of 328
  • 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
  • 8 other listed departments in Telfair County

Jacksonville Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

19 Top 80% higher than 20% 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 13404 · Jacksonville Volunteer Fire Department, GA 19 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 19
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #18,029
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Halliday Rural Fi…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Halliday Rural Fire Protection District, ND (+ 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
VOLUNTEER
Location
Jacksonville, GA
FDID
13404

Staffing vs the Georgia average

How Jacksonville Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #217 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,029 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 12% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
128
GA departments
868

County roster geometry

Telfair County HIFLD mix around Jacksonville Volunteer Fire Department

Telfair County: 9 departments, 158 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.

5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 19 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Halliday Rural Fire Protection District, ND (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 19 personnel

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