Department profile
OtherSouth Union Fire Department
Westminster, SC · Oconee County. South Union Fire Department is a fire department and 27 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 27
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
South Union Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the South Carolina average.
- 45th pct.
- national personnel size
- +8%
- vs. South Carolina average
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 Union Fire Department is a fire department serving Westminster, SC (Oconee County) and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,300 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,300 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #183 of 473
- 16 other listed departments in Oconee County
South Union Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
27 Top 55% higher than 45% 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 SC-SOUTH-UNION-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-SC · South Union Fire Department, SC 27 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 27
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #12,300
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 111th Fighter Win…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 2/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 111th Fighter Wing Pennsylvania Air National Guard Fire Department-Dod, PA (+ 0 personnel)
Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every SC department.
- South Union (this dept) 27
- High Alvord Volunteer, TX 27
- Near 111th Fighter Win…, PA 27
- Near 131st Fighter Win…, MO 27
- Near AK Steel Plant Pr…, PA 27
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Westminster, SC
- County
- Oconee County
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How South Union Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #183 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,300 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster fringe
South Union Fire Department is 6.7% of Oconee County roster mass
The county lists 18 departments totaling 401 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 39% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: 111th Fighter Wing Pennsylvania Air National Guard Fire Department-Dod, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 27 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.