Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSheldon Township Fire Department
Seabrook, SC · Beaufort County. Sheldon Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 3 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.
- 3
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Sheldon Township Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the South Carolina average.
- 0th pct.
- national personnel size
- -88%
- vs. South 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.
Sheldon Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Seabrook, SC (Beaufort County), with 2 stations and 3 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,417 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #22,417 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #470 of 473
- 66.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Beaufort County
Sheldon Township Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
3 Top 100% in the bottom 1% 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 07210 · Sheldon Township Fire Department, SC 3 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MICRO · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 3
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #22,417
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Novelty Rural
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Novelty Rural 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 SC department.
- Sheldon Township (this dept) 3
- High Oak Point Departm…, TX 3
- Near Novelty Rural, MO 3
- Near Patterson Heights…, PA 3
- Near 231st Civil Engin…, MO 3
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Seabrook, SC
- County
- Beaufort County
- FDID
- 07210
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How Sheldon Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #470 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,417 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster fringe
Sheldon Township Fire Department is 0.5% of Beaufort County roster mass
The county lists 17 departments totaling 571 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 47% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
66.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 3 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Novelty Rural Fire Department, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 3 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.