Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSmyrna Fire Department
Smyrna, GA · Cobb County. Smyrna Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 70 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.
- 70
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Smyrna Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Georgia average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +312%
- vs. Georgia average
- 4
- stations
- $822,429
- 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.
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.
Smyrna Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Smyrna, GA (Cobb County), with 4 stations and 70 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,963 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $822,429.
- National personnel rank #1,963 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #50 of 328
- 5.71 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Cobb County
Smyrna Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
70 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 03302 · Smyrna Fire Department, GA 70 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 70
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,963
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Parker City Volun…
- FEMA-MID $822K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Parker City Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 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.
- Smyrna (this dept) 70
- High Springdale Townsh…, PA 70
- Near Parker City Volun…, PA 70
- Near Ridgefield Fire D…, NJ 70
- Near West Elizabeth Vo…, PA 70
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Smyrna, GA
- County
- Cobb County
- FDID
- 03302
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | EMW2009FH00278 | $-612,538 |
| 2009 | EMW-2009-FC-0079 | $1,434,967 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How Smyrna Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #50 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,963 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 128
- GA departments
- 868
County roster weight
Smyrna Fire Department carries 25.3% of Cobb County HIFLD personnel
Among 8 listed departments (277 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.71 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 70 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Parker City Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 70 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.