Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderShine Rural Fire and Rescue Association Incorporated
Snow Hill, NC · Greene County. Shine Rural Fire and Rescue Association Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 50 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.
- 50
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Shine Rural Fire and Rescue Association Incorporated pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the North Carolina average.
- Top 18%
- national personnel size
- +92%
- vs. North Carolina 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.
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.
Shine Rural Fire and Rescue Association Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Snow Hill, NC (Greene County), with 1 station and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,040 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,040 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #153 of 932
- 2.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Greene County
Shine Rural Fire and Rescue Association Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
50 Top 18% higher than 82% 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 04009 · Shine Rural Fire and Rescue Association Incorporated, NC 50 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 50
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,040
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Audubon
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Audubon Fire Department, NJ (+ 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.
- Shine Rural Fire… (this dept) 50
- High Bridgeport Volunt…, AL 50
- Near Audubon, NJ 50
- Near Chenango Bridge F…, NY 50
- Near Oroville, CA 50
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Snow Hill, NC
- County
- Greene County
- FDID
- 04009
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Shine Rural Fire and Rescue Association Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #153 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,040 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster weight
Shine Rural Fire and Rescue Association Incorporated carries 26.9% of Greene County HIFLD personnel
Among 12 listed departments (186 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 42% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 50 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Audubon Fire Department, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 50 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.