Department profile

Volunteer

Lake View Fire Department

Lakeview, SC · Dillon County. Lake View Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

23
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Lake View Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the South Carolina average.

32nd pct.
national personnel size
-8%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
63/100
Lake View 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 C
23 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness A
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
23 personnel · 1 station

Lake View Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Lakeview, SC (Dillon County), with 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,156 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #15,156 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #255 of 473
  • 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
  • 8 other listed departments in Dillon County

Lake View Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

23 Top 68% higher than 32% 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 17204 · Lake View Fire Department, SC 23 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 23
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #15,156
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Maynard
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Maynard Fire Department, MA (+ 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
VOLUNTEER
Location
Lakeview, SC
FDID
17204

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Lake View Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #255 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,156 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 8% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster geometry

Dillon County HIFLD mix around Lake View Fire Department

Dillon County: 10 departments, 170 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 30% of departments. County / state rollup.

4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 23 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Maynard Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Dillon County Fire Department
Dillon · volunteer
Dillon Fire Department
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Floyd Dale Fire and Rescue
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Latta Fire Department
Latta · volunteer
Oak Grove Fire Department
Latta · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 23 personnel

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