Department profile
VolunteerProvidence Fire Department
Holly Hill, SC · Orangeburg County. Providence Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 26 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Providence Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the South Carolina average.
- 43rd pct.
- national personnel size
- +4%
- vs. South Carolina average
- 2
- 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.
Providence Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Holly Hill, SC (Orangeburg County), with 2 stations and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,829 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,829 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #191 of 473
- 7.69 stations per 100 personnel
- 28 other listed departments in Orangeburg County
Providence Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 57% higher than 43% 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 38227 · Providence Fire Department, SC 26 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #12,829
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wagner
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Wagner Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Providence (this dept) 26
- High Marion Volunteer…, MS 26
- Near Wagner, WI 26
- Near Prairie Township…, OH 26
- Near Peshtigo City, WI 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Holly Hill, SC
- County
- Orangeburg County
- FDID
- 38227
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How Providence Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #191 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,829 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster fringe
Providence Fire Department is 6.7% of Orangeburg County roster mass
The county lists 34 departments totaling 389 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 18% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Wagner Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.