Department profile
VolunteerLake City Fire Department
Lake City, SC · Florence County. Lake City Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station 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
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Lake City Fire Department 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
- 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.
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.
Lake City Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Lake City, SC (Florence County), with 1 station and 71 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,856 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,856 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #26 of 473
- 1.41 stations per 100 personnel
- 12 other listed departments in Florence County
Lake City Fire Department 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 21305 · Lake City Fire Department, SC 71 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 71
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #1,856
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ LA Fargeville
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: LA Fargeville Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Lake City (this dept) 71
- High Union City Volunt…, PA 71
- Near LA Fargeville, NY 71
- Near Metro Nashville A…, TN 71
- Near Shaker Heights, OH 71
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lake City, SC
- County
- Florence County
- FDID
- 21305
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How Lake City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #26 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,856 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster geometry
Florence County HIFLD mix around Lake City Fire Department
Florence County: 20 departments, 456 personnel (9 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 30% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 71 roster).
Photo-finish peer: LA Fargeville Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 71 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.