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Macedonia Volunteer Fire Department

Gaffney, SC · Cherokee County. Macedonia Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department and 40 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

40
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Macedonia Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the South Carolina average.

Top 27%
national personnel size
+60%
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
Macedonia 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
40 personnel

Macedonia Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Gaffney, SC (Cherokee County) and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,143 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #6,143 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #73 of 473
  • 12 other listed departments in Cherokee County

Macedonia Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

40 Top 27% higher than 73% 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-MACEDONIA-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-SC · Macedonia Volunteer Fire Department, SC 40 personnel

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

  • PERS-SMALL 40
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #6,143
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Albany Fire Prote…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Albany 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
Gaffney, SC

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Macedonia Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #73 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,143 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 60% above the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster geometry

Cherokee County HIFLD mix around Macedonia Volunteer Fire Department

Cherokee County: 14 departments, 391 personnel (11 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 7% of departments. County / state rollup.

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

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

Nearby Departments

Antioch Volunteer Fire Department
Blacksburg · volunteer
Blacksburg Volunteer Fire Department
Blacksburg · volunteer
Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department
Blacksburg · volunteer
Corinth Volunteer Fire Department
Gaffney · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 40 personnel

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

Albany Fire Protection District, IL 40 Alfred Fire and Rescue Department, ME 40 Alhambra Fire Protection District, IL 40 Alorton Volunteer Fire Department, IL 40

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Macedonia Volunteer Fire Department have?

Macedonia Volunteer Fire Department has 40 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 60% above the South Carolina average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #6,143 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within SC, it ranks #73 of 473 by personnel.

Does Macedonia Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Macedonia 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 Macedonia Volunteer Fire Department operate?

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

What type of fire department is Macedonia Volunteer Fire Department?

Macedonia Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Cherokee 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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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.