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Lowndesville Volunteer Fire Department

Iva, SC · Abbeville County. Lowndesville Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

20
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

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

23rd pct.
national personnel size
-20%
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
Lowndesville 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
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
20 personnel

Lowndesville Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Iva, SC (Abbeville County) and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,284 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #17,284 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #316 of 473
  • 13 other listed departments in Abbeville County

Lowndesville Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

20 Top 77% higher than 23% 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-LOWNDESVILLE-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-SC · Lowndesville Volunteer Fire Department, SC 20 personnel

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

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #17,284
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 2604 Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: 2604 Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 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
Iva, SC

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Lowndesville Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #316 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,284 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 20% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

Lowndesville Volunteer Fire Department is 3.1% of Abbeville County roster mass

The county lists 15 departments totaling 649 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: 2604 Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Calhoun Falls Fire Department
Calhoun Falls · volunteer
City of Abbeville Fire Department
Abbeville · volunteer
Donalds Volunteer Fire Department
Donalds · volunteer
Due West Volunteer Fire Department
Due West · volunteer
Edgewood Volunteer Fire Department
Abbeville · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 20 personnel

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

2604 Volunteer Fire Department, TX 20 Abilene Fire Department, KS 20 Alliant Techsystems Incorporated - Launch Systems Fire Department, UT 20 Andover Fire Department, ME 20

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Lowndesville Volunteer Fire Department have?

Lowndesville Volunteer Fire Department has 20 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 20% below the South Carolina average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #17,284 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within SC, it ranks #316 of 473 by personnel.

Does Lowndesville Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Lowndesville Volunteer Fire Department 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 Lowndesville Volunteer Fire Department operate?

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

What type of fire department is Lowndesville Volunteer Fire Department?

Lowndesville Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Abbeville 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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