Department profile

Volunteer

Promised Land Volunteer Fire Department

Bradley, SC · Greenwood County. Promised Land Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 55 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

55
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Promised Land Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the South Carolina average.

Top 14%
national personnel size
+120%
vs. South Carolina average
1
station

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
PlainFireData Composite Score
92/100
Promised Land 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 A
55 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
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
55 personnel · 1 station

Promised Land Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bradley, SC (Greenwood County), with 1 station and 55 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,239 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #3,239 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #39 of 473
  • 1.82 stations per 100 personnel
  • 12 other listed departments in Greenwood County

Promised Land Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

55 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 24209 · Promised Land Volunteer Fire Department, SC 55 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 55
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #3,239
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ David City Volunt…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: David City Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Bradley, SC
FDID
24209

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Promised Land Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #39 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,239 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 120% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster geometry

Greenwood County HIFLD mix around Promised Land Volunteer Fire Department

Greenwood County: 15 departments, 269 personnel (7 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 7% of departments. County / state rollup.

1.82 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 55 roster).

Photo-finish peer: David City Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 55 personnel

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