Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNewport Fire Department
Newport, NC · Carteret County. Newport Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 83 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.
- 83
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Newport Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Carolina average.
- Top 6%
- national personnel size
- +219%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 2
- 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.
Newport Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Newport, NC (Carteret County), with 2 stations and 83 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,366 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,366 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #32 of 932
- 2.41 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Carteret County
Newport Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
83 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 01643 · Newport Fire Department, NC 83 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 83
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,366
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Manchester Fire R…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Manchester Fire Rescue Emergency Medical Services, CT (+ 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.
- Newport (this dept) 83
- High Woodinville Fire…, WA 83
- Near Manchester Fire R…, CT 83
- Near Pleasant Hills Fi…, PA 83
- Near Texasville Volunt…, AL 83
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Newport, NC
- County
- Carteret County
- FDID
- 01643
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Newport Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #32 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,366 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster geometry
Carteret County HIFLD mix around Newport Fire Department
Carteret County: 26 departments, 543 personnel (12 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 85% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 83 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Manchester Fire Rescue Emergency Medical Services, CT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 83 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.