Department profile
VolunteerOld Forte Fire Department
Ladson, SC · Dorchester County. Old Forte Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 63 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 63
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Old Forte Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the South Carolina average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +152%
- vs. South Carolina average
- 5
- 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.
Old Forte Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Ladson, SC (Dorchester County), with 5 stations and 63 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,395 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,395 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #31 of 473
- 7.94 stations per 100 personnel
- 12 other listed departments in Dorchester County
Old Forte Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
63 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 18306 · Old Forte Fire Department, SC 63 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 63
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #2,395
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cleveland Hopkins…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Fire Rescue Department, OH (+ 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 SC department.
- Old Forte (this dept) 63
- High Dekalb County, TN 63
- Near Cleveland Hopkins…, OH 63
- Near North Fort Myers…, FL 63
- Near Dedham, MA 63
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ladson, SC
- County
- Dorchester County
- FDID
- 18306
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How Old Forte Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #31 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,395 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster geometry
Dorchester County HIFLD mix around Old Forte Fire Department
Dorchester County: 15 departments, 380 personnel (11 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 20% of departments. County / state rollup.
7.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 63 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Fire Rescue Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 63 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.