Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Savannah Fire Department

Savannah, GA · Chatham County. Savannah Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 13 stations and 285 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.

285
Total personnel
13
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Savannah Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Georgia average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+1576%
vs. Georgia average
13
stations
$4,490,263
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
45/100
Savannah 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 C
21.9 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
285 personnel · 13 stations

Savannah Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Savannah, GA (Chatham County), with 13 stations and 285 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #130 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $4,490,263.

  • National personnel rank #130 of 22,440
  • GA personnel rank #3 of 328
  • 4.56 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 10 other listed departments in Chatham County

Savannah Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

285 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 02509 · Savannah Fire Department, GA 285 personnel · 13 stations

PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-LARGE 285
  • STA-MULTI 13 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #130
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cambridge
  • FEMA-MID $4.5M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Cambridge Fire Department, MA (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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
CAREER
Location
Savannah, GA
FDID
02509

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2016–2019)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2019 EMW-2019-FG-07307 $937,763
2018 EMW-2018-FH-00338 $0
2016 EMW2014FH00612 $3,552,500

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Georgia average

How Savannah Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #3 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #130 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 1576% above the state average
Stations
13
State fire deaths/yr
128
GA departments
868

County roster weight

Savannah Fire Department carries 63.2% of Chatham County HIFLD personnel

Among 14 listed departments (451 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 36% of the county count. County / state rollup.

4.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (13 stations / 285 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Cambridge Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Garden City Fire Department
Garden City · volunteer
Pooler Fire and Rescue
Pooler · other
Port Wentworth Fire Department
Port Wentworth · volunteer
Southside Fire Department
Savannah · other
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Nationwide career peers near 285 personnel

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

Cambridge Fire Department, MA 285 Indian River County Fire Rescue, FL 285 Waterbury Fire Department, CT 286 Loudoun County Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency Management, VA 287 Evansville Fire Department, IN 282 City of Laredo Fire Department, TX 289 Atlantic City Fire Department, NJ 279 Lincoln Fire and Rescue, NE 291

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Savannah Fire Department have?

Savannah Fire Department has 285 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 1576% above the Georgia average of 17 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #130 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within GA, it ranks #3 of 328 by personnel.

Does Savannah Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Savannah Fire Department operate?

Savannah Fire Department operates 13 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Savannah Fire Department?

Savannah Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Chatham County, GA. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Savannah Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Savannah Fire Department has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $4,490,263 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2016–2019 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2019.

How many fire departments are in Georgia?

Georgia has 868 fire departments with 14,656 total personnel. 30% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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