Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderStatesville Fire Department
Statesville, NC · Iredell County. Statesville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 55 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.
- 55
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Statesville Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Carolina average.
- Top 15%
- national personnel size
- +112%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 3
- stations
- $1,175,328
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Statesville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Statesville, NC (Iredell County), with 3 stations and 55 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,267 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,175,328.
- National personnel rank #3,267 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #100 of 932
- 5.45 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 17 other listed departments in Iredell County
Statesville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
55 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 04909 · Statesville Fire Department, NC 55 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 55
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,267
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ South Marengo Fir…
- FEMA-MID $1.2M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: South Marengo Fire and Rescue Squad, AL (+ 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 NC department.
- Statesville (this dept) 55
- High Selfridge Air Nat…, MI 55
- Near South Marengo Fir…, AL 55
- Near Stony Hill Volunt…, CT 55
- Near Machias Volunteer…, NY 55
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Statesville, NC
- County
- Iredell County
- FDID
- 04909
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FG-10117 | $375,827 |
| 2018 | EMW2016FH00488 | $276,822 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FH-00300 | $524,091.03 |
| 2009 | EMW2008FF00096 | $-1,412 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Statesville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #100 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,267 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Iredell County
County mix is mostly volunteer (8 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
5.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 55 roster).
Photo-finish peer: South Marengo Fire and Rescue Squad, AL (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 55 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.