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Spartanburg City Fire Department

Spartanburg, SC · Spartanburg County. Spartanburg City Fire Department is a fire department and 14 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

14
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Spartanburg City Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the South Carolina average.

7th pct.
national personnel size
-44%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Spartanburg City Fire Department

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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
14 personnel

Spartanburg City Fire Department is a fire department serving Spartanburg, SC (Spartanburg County) and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,931 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #20,931 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #404 of 473
  • 41 other listed departments in Spartanburg County

Spartanburg City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

14 Top 93% higher than 7% 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-SPARTANBURG-CITY-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-SC · Spartanburg City Fire Department, SC 14 personnel

PERS-MICRO · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MICRO 14
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #20,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 1st Rural Fire De…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: 1st Rural Fire Department of Lincoln, KS (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Spartanburg, SC

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How Spartanburg City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #404 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,931 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 44% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

Spartanburg City Fire Department is 1.2% of Spartanburg County roster mass

The county lists 51 departments totaling 1,144 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 27% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: 1st Rural Fire Department of Lincoln, KS (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Arkwright Fire Department
Spartanburg · volunteer
Boiling Springs Fire Department
Boiling Springs · volunteer
Campobello Fire Department
Campobello · other
Cherokee Springs Fire Department
Chesnee · volunteer
Chesnee Community Fire Department
Chesnee · volunteer
City of Landrum Fire Department
Landrum · volunteer
Converse Fire Department
Converse · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 14 personnel

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

1st Rural Fire Department of Lincoln, KS 14 Ada Ottawa Lincoln, KS 14 Alexandria Township Fire Department, KS 14 Angelina River Volunteer Fire Department, TX 14

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Spartanburg City Fire Department have?

Spartanburg City Fire Department has 14 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 44% below the South Carolina average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #20,931 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within SC, it ranks #404 of 473 by personnel.

Does Spartanburg City Fire Department provide EMS services?

Spartanburg City Fire Department is not listed as providing EMS in the HIFLD record. Contact local emergency services to confirm which agency covers medical calls.

How many fire stations does Spartanburg City Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Spartanburg City Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Spartanburg City Fire Department?

Spartanburg City Fire Department is a fire department serving Spartanburg County, SC.

How many fire departments are in South Carolina?

South Carolina has 689 fire departments with 17,475 total personnel. 49% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.