Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMeriwether County Volunteer Fire Department
Greenville, GA · Meriwether County. Meriwether County Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 13 stations and 156 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.
- 156
- Total personnel
- 13
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Meriwether County Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Georgia average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +818%
- vs. Georgia average
- 13
- 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.
Meriwether County Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Greenville, GA (Meriwether County), with 13 stations and 156 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #378 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #378 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #10 of 328
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Meriwether County
Meriwether County Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
156 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 09901 · Meriwether County Volunteer Fire Department, GA 156 personnel · 13 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 156
- STA-MULTI 13 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #378
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Washington Townsh…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Washington Township Fire District, NJ (+ 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.
- High Pine Hollow Volun…, OR 157
- Meriwether County… (this dept) 156
- Near Washington Townsh…, NJ 156
- Near Palm Beach Garden…, FL 156
- Near Wichita Falls, TX 156
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Greenville, GA
- County
- Meriwether County
- FDID
- 09901
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How Meriwether County Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #10 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #378 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 13
- State fire deaths/yr
- 128
- GA departments
- 868
County roster weight
Meriwether County Volunteer Fire Department carries 86.7% of Meriwether County HIFLD personnel
Among 8 listed departments (180 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 25% of the county count. County / state rollup.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (13 stations / 156 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Washington Township Fire District, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 156 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.