Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Satolah Volunteer Fire Department

Clayton, GA · Rabun County. Satolah Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 16 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.

16
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Satolah Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Georgia average.

12th pct.
national personnel size
-6%
vs. Georgia 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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
25/100
Satolah 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 D
16 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
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
16 personnel · 1 station

Satolah Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Clayton, GA (Rabun County), with 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,813 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #19,813 of 22,440
  • GA personnel rank #252 of 328
  • 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 11 other listed departments in Rabun County

Satolah Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

16 Top 88% higher than 12% 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 11909 · Satolah Volunteer Fire Department, GA 16 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 16
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #19,813
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Concord Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Concord Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+ 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 GA department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Clayton, GA
FDID
11909

Staffing vs the Georgia average

How Satolah Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #252 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,813 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 6% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
128
GA departments
868

County roster weight

Satolah Volunteer Fire Department carries 100.0% of Rabun County HIFLD personnel

Among 12 listed departments (16 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 8% of the county count. County / state rollup.

6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 16 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Concord Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 16 personnel

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