Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSaint Stephens Fire Department
Hickory, NC · Catawba County. Saint Stephens Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 37 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.
- 37
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Saint Stephens Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the North Carolina average.
- Top 32%
- national personnel size
- +42%
- vs. North 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.
Saint Stephens Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Hickory, NC (Catawba County), with 2 stations and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,137 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,137 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #376 of 932
- 5.41 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 16 other listed departments in Catawba County
Saint Stephens Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
37 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 01816 · Saint Stephens Fire Department, NC 37 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 37
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,137
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Belton
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Belton Fire Department, MO (+ 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 NC department.
- Saint Stephens (this dept) 37
- High Bath, SC 37
- Near Belton, MO 37
- Near Kensington Volunt…, CT 37
- Near Carnegie Voluntee…, PA 37
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Hickory, NC
- County
- Catawba County
- FDID
- 01816
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Saint Stephens Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #376 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,137 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster fringe
Saint Stephens Fire Department is 6.1% of Catawba County roster mass
The county lists 21 departments totaling 608 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 90% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 37 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Belton Fire Department, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 37 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.