Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Simpsonville Fire District

Simpsonville, SC · Greenville County. Simpsonville Fire District is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 31 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.

31
Total personnel
4
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Simpsonville Fire District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the South Carolina average.

Top 43%
national personnel size
+24%
vs. South Carolina average
4
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
26/100
Simpsonville Fire District

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 F
7.8 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness C
2 vehicles per station (national median 2)
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
31 personnel · 4 stations

Simpsonville Fire District is a Career (Paid) department serving Simpsonville, SC (Greenville County), with 4 stations and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,743 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #9,743 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #143 of 473
  • 12.90 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 35 other listed departments in Greenville County

Simpsonville Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

31 Top 43% higher than 57% 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 23323 · Simpsonville Fire District, SC 31 personnel · 4 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 31
  • STA-FEW 4 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #9,743
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Logan City
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Logan City Fire Department, WV (+ 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 SC department.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Simpsonville, SC
FDID
23323

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Simpsonville Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #143 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,743 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 24% above the state average
Stations
4
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

Simpsonville Fire District is 2.8% of Greenville County roster mass

The county lists 48 departments totaling 1,091 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 46% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

12.90 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 31 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Logan City Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).

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

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Clear Springs Fire and Rescue Department
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Donaldson Center Fire Department
Greenville · career
Duncan Chapel Fire Department
Greenville · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 31 personnel

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