Department profile
VolunteerLexington County Fire Service
Gaston, SC · Lexington County. Lexington County Fire Service 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
Lexington County Fire Service 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.
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.
Lexington County Fire Service is a Volunteer department serving Gaston, SC (Lexington 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 #18,633 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,633 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #353 of 473
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- 11 other listed departments in Lexington County
Lexington County Fire Service 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 32312 · Lexington County Fire Service, 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 #18,633
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ South Hamblen Cou…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: South Hamblen County Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+ 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.
- Lexington County… (this dept) 18
- High Bethesda Area Vol…, AR 18
- Near South Hamblen Cou…, TN 18
- Near Heron Lake, MN 18
- Near Yeager Volunteer…, OK 18
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Gaston, SC
- County
- Lexington County
- FDID
- 32312
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How Lexington County Fire Service's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #353 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,633 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster fringe
Lexington County Fire Service is 6.7% of Lexington County roster mass
The county lists 12 departments totaling 270 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 42% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: South Hamblen County Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.