Department profile

Volunteer

Kingstree Fire Department

Kingstree, SC · Williamsburg County. Kingstree Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station 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
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Kingstree Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the South Carolina average.

17th pct.
national personnel size
-28%
vs. South Carolina 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
32/100
Kingstree 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
18 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
18 personnel · 1 station

Kingstree Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Kingstree, SC (Williamsburg County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,601 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #18,601 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #352 of 473
  • 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
  • 3 other listed departments in Williamsburg County

Kingstree Fire Department 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 45304 · Kingstree Fire Department, SC 18 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 18
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #18,601
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Load Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Load Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+ 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
Kingstree, SC
FDID
45304

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Kingstree Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #352 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,601 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 28% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster geometry

Williamsburg County HIFLD mix around Kingstree Fire Department

Williamsburg County: 4 departments, 139 personnel (3 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.

5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Load Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

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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.