Department profile
VolunteerRossville Fire Department
Richburg, SC · Chester County. Rossville Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 19 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 19
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Rossville Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the South Carolina average.
- 19th pct.
- national personnel size
- -24%
- 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 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.
Rossville Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Richburg, SC (Chester County), with 1 station and 19 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,172 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,172 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #336 of 473
- 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Chester County
Rossville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
19 Top 81% higher than 19% 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 12211 · Rossville Fire Department, SC 19 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 19
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #18,172
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Nunn Fire Protect…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Nunn Fire Protection District, CO (+ 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.
- Rossville (this dept) 19
- High Eastanollee Volun…, GA 19
- Near Nunn Fire Protect…, CO 19
- Near Four Mile Fire Pr…, CO 19
- Near Moorhead Fire Dep…, IA 19
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Richburg, SC
- County
- Chester County
- FDID
- 12211
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How Rossville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #336 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,172 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster fringe
Rossville Fire Department is 7.6% of Chester County roster mass
The county lists 15 departments totaling 249 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 19 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Nunn Fire Protection District, CO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 19 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.