Department profile
Career (Paid)Morganton Department of Public Safety
Morganton, NC · Burke County. Morganton Department of Public Safety is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 106 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 106
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Morganton Department of Public Safety pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Carolina average.
- Top 4%
- national personnel size
- +308%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 3
- 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.
Morganton Department of Public Safety is a Career (Paid) department serving Morganton, NC (Burke County), with 3 stations and 106 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #832 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #832 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #18 of 932
- 2.83 stations per 100 personnel
- 18 other listed departments in Burke County
Morganton Department of Public Safety vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
106 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 01270 · Morganton Department of Public Safety, NC 106 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 106
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #832
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Arlington Heights
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Arlington Heights Fire Department, IL (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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 NC department.
- Morganton Departm… (this dept) 106
- High Columbus, IN 106
- Near Arlington Heights, IL 106
- Near Germantown Volunt…, MD 106
- Near Tinley Park, IL 106
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Morganton, NC
- County
- Burke County
- FDID
- 01270
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Morganton Department of Public Safety's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #18 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #832 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Burke County
County mix is mostly volunteer (15 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
2.83 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 106 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Arlington Heights Fire Department, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 106 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.