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Plum Branch Volunteer Fire Department

Plum Branch, SC · Mccormick County. Plum Branch Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department and 16 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

16
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Plum Branch Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the South Carolina average.

12th pct.
national personnel size
-36%
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.

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PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Plum Branch 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
16 personnel

Plum Branch Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Plum Branch, SC (Mccormick County) and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,769 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #19,769 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #373 of 473
  • 7 other listed departments in Mccormick County

Plum Branch Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

16 Top 88% higher than 12% 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-PLUM-BRANCH-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-SC · Plum Branch Volunteer Fire Department, SC 16 personnel

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

  • PERS-SMALL 16
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #19,769
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 79 East Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: 79 East 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
Plum Branch, SC

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Plum Branch Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #373 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,769 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 36% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

Plum Branch Volunteer Fire Department is 8.2% of Mccormick County roster mass

The county lists 8 departments totaling 196 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 13% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: 79 East Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

McCormick County Emergency Services
Mccormick · volunteer
Modoc Volunteer Fire Department
Modoc · volunteer
Parksville Volunteer Fire Department
Parksville · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 16 personnel

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

79 East Volunteer Fire Department, TX 16 Alden Fire Department, KS 16 Alma Fire Department, KS 16 Baldwin City Fire Department, KS 16

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Plum Branch Volunteer Fire Department have?

Plum Branch Volunteer Fire Department has 16 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 36% below the South Carolina average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #19,769 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within SC, it ranks #373 of 473 by personnel.

Does Plum Branch Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Plum Branch 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 Plum Branch Volunteer Fire Department operate?

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

What type of fire department is Plum Branch Volunteer Fire Department?

Plum Branch Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Mccormick 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.

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