Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMcDuffie County Fire Department
Thomson, GA · Mcduffie County. McDuffie County Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 6 stations and 51 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.
- 51
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
McDuffie County Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Georgia average.
- Top 17%
- national personnel size
- +200%
- vs. Georgia average
- 6
- 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.
McDuffie County Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Thomson, GA (Mcduffie County), with 6 stations and 51 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,727 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,727 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #72 of 328
- 11.76 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Mcduffie County
McDuffie County Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
51 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 09701 · McDuffie County Fire Department, GA 51 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 51
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,727
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Aspen Fire Protec…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Aspen Fire Protection District, CO (+ 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.
- McDuffie County (this dept) 51
- High Tilden Volunteer, WI 51
- Near Aspen Fire Protec…, CO 51
- Near Des Peres Departm…, MO 51
- Near Topsfield, MA 51
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Thomson, GA
- County
- Mcduffie County
- FDID
- 09701
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How McDuffie County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #72 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,727 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 128
- GA departments
- 868
County roster weight
McDuffie County Fire Department carries 53.1% of Mcduffie County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (96 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 40% of the county count. County / state rollup.
11.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 51 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Aspen Fire Protection District, CO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 51 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.