Department profile

Volunteer

Johnsonville Fire District

Johnsonville, SC · Florence County. Johnsonville Fire District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 18 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

18
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Johnsonville Fire District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the South Carolina average.

17th pct.
national personnel size
-28%
vs. South Carolina average
2
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
30/100
Johnsonville Fire District

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 F
9 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness C
2.5 vehicles per station (national median 2)
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
18 personnel · 2 stations

Johnsonville Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Johnsonville, SC (Florence County), with 2 stations and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,584 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #18,584 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #351 of 473
  • 11.11 stations per 100 personnel
  • 12 other listed departments in Florence County

Johnsonville Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

18 Top 83% higher than 17% 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 21217 · Johnsonville Fire District, SC 18 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-SMALL 18
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #18,584
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Nicasio Volunteer…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Nicasio Volunteer Fire Protection District, CA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Johnsonville, SC
FDID
21217

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Johnsonville Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #351 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,584 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 28% below the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

Johnsonville Fire District is 3.9% 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.

11.11 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 18 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Nicasio Volunteer Fire Protection District, CA (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel

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