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Salem Fire Department

Salem, SC · Oconee County. Salem Fire Department is a fire department and 28 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.

28
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Salem Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the South Carolina average.

48th pct.
national personnel size
+12%
vs. South Carolina average

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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Salem 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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
28 personnel

Salem Fire Department is a fire department serving Salem, SC (Oconee County) and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,752 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #11,752 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #174 of 473
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 16 other listed departments in Oconee County

Salem Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

28 Top 52% higher than 48% 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 SC-SALEM-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-SC · Salem Fire Department, SC 28 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 28
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #11,752
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 182nd Air Wing Fi…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: 182nd Air Wing Fire Department - Illinois Air National Guard-Dod, IL (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every SC department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Salem, SC

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Salem Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #174 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,752 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 12% above the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

Salem Fire Department is 7.0% of Oconee County roster mass

The county lists 18 departments totaling 401 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 39% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: 182nd Air Wing Fire Department - Illinois Air National Guard-Dod, IL (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Cleveland Fire Department
Westminster · volunteer
Crossroads Fire Department
Seneca · other
Fair Play Fire Department
Fair Play · volunteer
Friendship Fire
Seneca · other
Keowee Fire Department
Salem · volunteer
Long Creek
Long Creek · other
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Nationwide departments near 28 personnel

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

182nd Air Wing Fire Department - Illinois Air National Guard-Dod, IL 28 Aledo Volunteer Fire Department, TX 28 Altamont-Mount Pleasant Fire Department, KS 28 Anahuac Volunteer Fire Department, TX 28

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Salem Fire Department have?

Salem Fire Department has 28 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 12% above the South Carolina average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #11,752 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within SC, it ranks #174 of 473 by personnel.

Does Salem Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Salem Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Salem Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Salem Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Salem Fire Department?

Salem Fire Department is a fire department serving Oconee County, SC.

How many fire departments are in South Carolina?

South Carolina has 689 fire departments with 17,475 total personnel. 49% are volunteer departments.

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