Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSpruce Pine Fire and Rescue
Spruce Pine, NC · Mitchell County. Spruce Pine Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 51 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.
- 51
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Spruce Pine Fire and Rescue pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the North Carolina average.
- Top 17%
- national personnel size
- +96%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 2
- 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.
Spruce Pine Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Spruce Pine, NC (Mitchell County), with 2 stations and 51 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,762 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,762 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #139 of 932
- 3.92 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Mitchell County
Spruce Pine Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
51 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 06105 · Spruce Pine Fire and Rescue, NC 51 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 51
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,762
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Shillington Borou…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Shillington Borough Fire Company, PA (+ 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 NC department.
- Spruce Pine Fire… (this dept) 51
- High Denmark, SC 51
- Near Shillington Borou…, PA 51
- Near Sacramento River…, CA 51
- Near Cridersville, OH 51
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Spruce Pine, NC
- County
- Mitchell County
- FDID
- 06105
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Spruce Pine Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #139 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,762 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster weight
Spruce Pine Fire and Rescue carries 31.5% of Mitchell County HIFLD personnel
Among 8 listed departments (162 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 63% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.92 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 51 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Shillington Borough Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 51 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.