Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSocial Circle Department of Public Safety
Social Circle, GA · Walton County. Social Circle Department of Public Safety is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 21 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.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Social Circle Department of Public Safety pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Georgia average.
- 26th pct.
- national personnel size
- +24%
- vs. Georgia 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.
Social Circle Department of Public Safety is a Volunteer department serving Social Circle, GA (Walton County), with 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,521 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,521 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #199 of 328
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Walton County
Social Circle Department of Public Safety vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 74% higher than 26% 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 14703 · Social Circle Department of Public Safety, GA 21 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,521
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mount Vernon Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Mount Vernon Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+ 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 GA department.
- Social Circle Dep… (this dept) 21
- High Yarnell Fire Dist…, AZ 21
- Near Mount Vernon Volu…, TN 21
- Near Oppelo Volunteer…, AR 21
- Near Hatfield, MA 21
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Social Circle, GA
- County
- Walton County
- FDID
- 14703
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How Social Circle Department of Public Safety's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #199 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,521 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 128
- GA departments
- 868
County roster geometry
Walton County HIFLD mix around Social Circle Department of Public Safety
Walton County: 6 departments, 174 personnel (2 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Mount Vernon Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.