Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPort Wentworth Fire Department
Port Wentworth, GA · Chatham County. Port Wentworth Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 18 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.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Port Wentworth Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Georgia average.
- 16th pct.
- national personnel size
- +6%
- vs. Georgia average
- 2
- stations
- $159,089
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Port Wentworth Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Port Wentworth, GA (Chatham County), with 2 stations and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,780 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $159,089.
- National personnel rank #18,780 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #230 of 328
- 11.11 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Chatham County
Port Wentworth Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 84% higher than 16% 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 02508 · Port Wentworth Fire Department, GA 18 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #18,780
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Arkadelphia Volun…
- FEMA-LIGHT $159K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Arkadelphia Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 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 GA department.
- Port Wentworth (this dept) 18
- High Bessemer Township…, MI 18
- Near Arkadelphia Volun…, AL 18
- Near Dodge City Volunt…, AL 18
- Near Fishing River Fir…, MO 18
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Port Wentworth, GA
- County
- Chatham County
- FDID
- 02508
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | EMW2015FO05076 | $174,599 |
| 2009 | EMW2008FF00044 | $-15,510 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How Port Wentworth Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #230 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,780 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 128
- GA departments
- 868
County roster fringe
Port Wentworth Fire Department is 4.0% of Chatham County roster mass
The county lists 14 departments totaling 451 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 86% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
11.11 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Arkadelphia Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.