Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSouth Greenville Fire District
Pelzer, SC · Greenville County. South Greenville Fire District is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 45 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.
- 45
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
South Greenville Fire District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the South Carolina average.
- Top 22%
- national personnel size
- +80%
- vs. South Carolina average
- 6
- 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.
South Greenville Fire District is a Career (Paid) department serving Pelzer, SC (Greenville County), with 6 stations and 45 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,011 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,011 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #60 of 473
- 13.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 35 other listed departments in Greenville County
South Greenville Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
45 Top 22% higher than 78% 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 23324 · South Greenville Fire District, SC 45 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 45
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,011
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Smithville Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Smithville Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, NY (+ 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.
- South Greenville… (this dept) 45
- High Clinton Fire Depa…, IA 45
- Near Smithville Volunt…, NY 45
- Near Fort Bragg Volunt…, CA 45
- Near Belleville, NY 45
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Pelzer, SC
- County
- Greenville County
- FDID
- 23324
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How South Greenville Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #60 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,011 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster fringe
South Greenville Fire District is 4.1% 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.
13.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 45 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Smithville Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 45 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.