Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMartinez-Columbia Fire Rescue
Martinez, GA · Columbia County. Martinez-Columbia Fire Rescue is a Volunteer department, 8 stations and 131 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.
- 131
- Total personnel
- 8
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Martinez-Columbia Fire Rescue pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Georgia average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +671%
- vs. Georgia average
- 8
- stations
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.
Martinez-Columbia Fire Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Martinez, GA (Columbia County), with 8 stations and 131 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #555 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #555 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #16 of 328
- 6.11 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Columbia County
Martinez-Columbia Fire Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
131 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 03604 · Martinez-Columbia Fire Rescue, GA 131 personnel · 8 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 131
- STA-MULTI 8 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #555
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Woonsocket
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Woonsocket Fire Department, RI (+ 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 GA department.
- Martinez-Columbia… (this dept) 131
- High Southwest Polk Co…, OR 131
- Near Woonsocket, RI 131
- Near Johnson County Fi…, MO 131
- Near Fredonia, NY 131
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Martinez, GA
- County
- Columbia County
- FDID
- 03604
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How Martinez-Columbia Fire Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #16 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #555 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 8
- State fire deaths/yr
- 128
- GA departments
- 868
County roster weight
Martinez-Columbia Fire Rescue carries 67.9% of Columbia County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (193 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 33% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.11 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (8 stations / 131 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Woonsocket Fire Department, RI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 131 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.