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Lake Waccamaw Fire Department and Rescue Squad

Lake Waccamaw, NC · Columbus County. Lake Waccamaw Fire Department and Rescue Squad is a fire department. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Lake Waccamaw Fire Department and Rescue Squad

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
No station count on file for this department
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
Other department profile

Lake Waccamaw Fire Department and Rescue Squad is a fire department serving Lake Waccamaw, NC (Columbus County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $285,715.

  • 20 other listed departments in Columbus County

Dispatch plate

Sheet NC-LAKE-WACCAMAW-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-AND-RESCUE-SQUAD-NC · Lake Waccamaw Fire Department and Rescue Squad, NC personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-LIGHT $286K
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Lake Waccamaw, NC

FEMA Grant History

$286K
Cumulative funding (FY2017)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2017 EMW2016FV00755 $285,715

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

County roster geometry

Columbus County HIFLD mix around Lake Waccamaw Fire Department and Rescue Squad

Columbus County: 22 departments, 416 personnel (12 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 27% of departments. County / state rollup.

Nearby Departments

Chadbourn-Klondyke Fire and Rescue
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Fair Bluff Fire and Rescue Squad
Fair Bluff · other
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Lake Waccamaw Fire Department and Rescue Squad have?

Personnel data for Lake Waccamaw Fire Department and Rescue Squad is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Lake Waccamaw Fire Department and Rescue Squad provide EMS services?

Lake Waccamaw Fire Department and Rescue Squad is not listed as providing EMS in the HIFLD record. Contact local emergency services to confirm which agency covers medical calls.

How many fire stations does Lake Waccamaw Fire Department and Rescue Squad operate?

Station count data for Lake Waccamaw Fire Department and Rescue Squad is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Lake Waccamaw Fire Department and Rescue Squad?

Lake Waccamaw Fire Department and Rescue Squad is a fire department serving Columbus County, NC.

Has Lake Waccamaw Fire Department and Rescue Squad received federal grants?

Yes, Lake Waccamaw Fire Department and Rescue Squad has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $285,715 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2017 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2017.

How many fire departments are in North Carolina?

North Carolina has 1,534 fire departments with 40,350 total personnel. 57% are volunteer departments.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.