Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMurray County Fire Department
Chatsworth, GA · Murray County. Murray County Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 6 stations and 79 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.
- 79
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Murray County Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Georgia average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +365%
- 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.
Murray County Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Chatsworth, GA (Murray County), with 6 stations and 79 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,526 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,526 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #45 of 328
- 7.59 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Murray County
Murray County Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
79 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 10501 · Murray County Fire Department, GA 79 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 79
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,526
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ North Central Fir…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: North Central Fire Protection District, CA (+ 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.
- Murray County (this dept) 79
- High Sanford, FL 79
- Near North Central Fir…, CA 79
- Near Storey County, NV 79
- Near Rock Community Fi…, MO 79
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Chatsworth, GA
- County
- Murray County
- FDID
- 10501
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How Murray County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #45 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,526 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
Murray County Fire Department carries 69.3% of Murray County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (114 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 75% of the county count. County / state rollup.
7.59 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 79 roster).
Photo-finish peer: North Central Fire Protection District, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 79 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.