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Olar Volunteer Fire Department

Olar, SC · Bamberg County. Olar Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Olar Volunteer Fire Department

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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
Other department profile

Olar Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Olar, SC (Bamberg County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $481,451.

  • 9 other listed departments in Bamberg County

Dispatch plate

Sheet SC-OLAR-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-SC · Olar Volunteer Fire Department, SC personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-LIGHT $481K
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Olar, SC

FEMA Grant History

$481K
Cumulative funding (FY2006–2012)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2012 EMW-2012-FO-0627 $314,640
2006 EMW-2006-FG-1154 $166,811

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

County roster geometry

Bamberg County HIFLD mix around Olar Volunteer Fire Department

Bamberg County: 10 departments, 76 personnel (3 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.

Nearby Departments

Bamberg Fire Department
Bamberg · volunteer
Denmark Fire Department
Denmark · volunteer
Edisto Volunteer Fire Department
Branchville · other
Ehrhardt Fire Department
Ehrhardt · volunteer
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Olar Volunteer Fire Department have?

Personnel data for Olar Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Olar Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Olar Volunteer Fire Department is not listed as providing EMS in the HIFLD record. Contact local emergency services to confirm which agency covers medical calls.

How many fire stations does Olar Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Olar Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Olar Volunteer Fire Department?

Olar Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Bamberg County, SC.

Has Olar Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Olar Volunteer Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $481,451 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2006–2012 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2012.

How many fire departments are in South Carolina?

South Carolina has 689 fire departments with 17,475 total personnel. 49% are volunteer departments.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

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