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Pineville / Russellville Rural Volunteer Fire Department

Pineville, SC · Berkeley County. Pineville / Russellville Rural Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department and 22 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.

22
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Pineville / Russellville Rural Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the South Carolina average.

29th pct.
national personnel size
-12%
vs. South Carolina average

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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Pineville / Russellville Rural 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
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
22 personnel

Pineville / Russellville Rural Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Pineville, SC (Berkeley County) and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,895 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #15,895 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #277 of 473
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 35 other listed departments in Berkeley County

Pineville / Russellville Rural Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

22 Top 71% higher than 29% 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 SC-PINEVILLE-RUSSELLVILLE-RURAL-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-DEPART-SC · Pineville / Russellville Rural Volunteer Fire Department, SC 22 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 22
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #15,895
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ables Springs Vol…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Ables Springs Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 0 personnel)

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.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every SC department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Pineville, SC

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Pineville / Russellville Rural Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #277 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,895 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 12% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

Pineville / Russellville Rural Volunteer Fire Department is 3.6% of Berkeley County roster mass

The county lists 44 departments totaling 612 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 32% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Ables Springs Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Berkeley County Rescue Squad
Moncks Corner · other
Bonneau Rural Fire Department
Bonneau · volunteer
Caromi Fire Department
Ladson · volunteer
City of Goose Creek Fire Department
Goose Creek · career
Cordesville Rural Fire Department
Cordesville · other
Cordesville Rural Volunteer Fire Department
Moncks Corner · volunteer
All SC departments →

Nationwide departments near 22 personnel

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

Ables Springs Volunteer Fire Department, TX 22 Alba Volunteer Fire Department, TX 22 Allensville Volunteer Fire Department, KY 22 Allin Township Fire Protection District, IL 22

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Pineville / Russellville Rural Volunteer Fire Department have?

Pineville / Russellville Rural Volunteer Fire Department has 22 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 12% below the South Carolina average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #15,895 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within SC, it ranks #277 of 473 by personnel.

Does Pineville / Russellville Rural Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Pineville / Russellville Rural Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Pineville / Russellville Rural Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Pineville / Russellville Rural Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Pineville / Russellville Rural Volunteer Fire Department?

Pineville / Russellville Rural Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Berkeley County, SC.

How many fire departments are in South Carolina?

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

Related guides

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