Department profile

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Mount Holly Fire and Rescue

Mount Holly, NC · Gaston County. Mount Holly Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 85 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.

85
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Mount Holly Fire and Rescue pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Carolina average.

Top 6%
national personnel size
+227%
vs. North Carolina average
3
stations
$947,162
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
55/100
Mount Holly Fire and Rescue

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 B
28.3 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment C
$11,143 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
85 personnel · 3 stations

Mount Holly Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Mount Holly, NC (Gaston County), with 3 stations and 85 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,313 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $947,162.

  • National personnel rank #1,313 of 22,440
  • NC personnel rank #29 of 932
  • 3.53 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 24 other listed departments in Gaston County

Mount Holly Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

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

85 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 03619 · Mount Holly Fire and Rescue, NC 85 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 85
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pinellas Suncoast…
  • FEMA-MID $947K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Pinellas Suncoast Fire and Rescue, FL (+ 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 NC department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Mount Holly, NC
FDID
03619

FEMA Grant History

$947K
Cumulative funding (FY2018–2024)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2024 EMW-2024-FF-01570 $427,900.55
2018 EMW2016FH00415 $519,261

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the North Carolina average

How Mount Holly Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #29 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,313 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 227% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
131
NC departments
1,534

County roster geometry

Gaston County HIFLD mix around Mount Holly Fire and Rescue

Gaston County: 27 departments, 842 personnel (19 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 78% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.53 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 85 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Pinellas Suncoast Fire and Rescue, FL (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 85 personnel

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

Pinellas Suncoast Fire and Rescue, FL 85 Millbrook Fire Department, AL 85 North Augusta Department of Public Safety, SC 85 Elmwood Park Fire Department, NJ 85 Terryville Volunteer Fire Department, CT 85 Coeymans Hollow Volunteer Fire Department, NY 85 Gettysburg Fire Department, PA 85 Antioch Volunteer Fire Department, IL 85

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Mount Holly Fire and Rescue have?

Mount Holly Fire and Rescue has 85 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 227% above the North Carolina average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,313 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NC, it ranks #29 of 932 by personnel.

Does Mount Holly Fire and Rescue provide EMS services?

Yes, Mount Holly Fire and Rescue provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Mount Holly Fire and Rescue operate?

Mount Holly Fire and Rescue operates 3 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Mount Holly Fire and Rescue?

Mount Holly Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Gaston County, NC. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Mount Holly Fire and Rescue received federal grants?

Yes, Mount Holly Fire and Rescue has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $947,161.55 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2018–2024 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2024.

How many fire departments are in North Carolina?

North Carolina has 1,534 fire departments with 40,350 total personnel. 57% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.