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Lodge Volunteer Fire Department

Lodge, SC · Colleton County. Lodge Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department and 19 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

19
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

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

20th pct.
national personnel size
-24%
vs. South Carolina average

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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Lodge Volunteer 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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
19 personnel

Lodge Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Lodge, SC (Colleton County) and 19 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,065 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #18,065 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #333 of 473
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 3 other listed departments in Colleton County

Lodge Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

19 Top 80% higher than 20% 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 SC-LODGE-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-SC · Lodge Volunteer Fire Department, SC 19 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 19
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #18,065
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Albion Fire Depar…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Albion Fire Department Rural Fire Protection District, IL (+ 0 personnel)

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.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every SC department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Lodge, SC

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Lodge Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #333 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,065 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 24% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

Lodge Volunteer Fire Department is 4.7% of Colleton County roster mass

The county lists 4 departments totaling 401 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 50% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Albion Fire Department Rural Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Colleton County Fire and Rescue
Islandton · other
Colleton County Fire and Rescue
Walterboro · volunteer
Edisto Beach Fire Department
Edisto Beach · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 19 personnel

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

Albion Fire Department Rural Fire Protection District, IL 19 Alton Volunteer Fire Department, TX 19 Alvarado Volunteer Fire Department, TX 19 Ashland Rural Fire Department, KS 19

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Lodge Volunteer Fire Department have?

Lodge Volunteer Fire Department has 19 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 24% below the South Carolina average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #18,065 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within SC, it ranks #333 of 473 by personnel.

Does Lodge Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Lodge Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Lodge Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Lodge Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Lodge Volunteer Fire Department?

Lodge Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Colleton County, SC.

How many fire departments are in South Carolina?

South Carolina has 689 fire departments with 17,475 total personnel. 49% are volunteer departments.

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