Department profile
Career (Paid)James Island Public Service District
Charleston, SC · Charleston County. James Island Public Service District is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 71 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 71
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
James Island Public Service District pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the South Carolina average.
- Top 8%
- national personnel size
- +184%
- vs. South Carolina average
- 4
- 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.
James Island Public Service District is a Career (Paid) department serving Charleston, SC (Charleston County), with 4 stations and 71 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,851 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,851 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #25 of 473
- 5.63 stations per 100 personnel
- 18 other listed departments in Charleston County
James Island Public Service District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
71 Top 8% higher than 92% 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 10305 · James Island Public Service District, SC 71 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 71
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #1,851
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hillsdale Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hillsdale Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+ 0 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.
- James Island Publ… (this dept) 71
- High Enterprise Volunt…, MS 71
- Near Hillsdale Volunte…, NY 71
- Near Newtown Fire Asso…, PA 71
- Near Beverly, MA 71
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Charleston, SC
- County
- Charleston County
- FDID
- 10305
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How James Island Public Service District's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #25 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,851 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster fringe
James Island Public Service District is 6.3% of Charleston County roster mass
The county lists 24 departments totaling 1,130 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 42% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.63 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 71 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hillsdale Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 71 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.