Department profile
VolunteerSwainsboro Volunteer Fire Department
Swainsboro, GA · Emanuel County. Swainsboro Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 35 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Swainsboro Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Georgia average.
- Top 36%
- national personnel size
- +106%
- vs. Georgia 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.
Swainsboro Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Swainsboro, GA (Emanuel County), with 2 stations and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,141 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,141 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #108 of 328
- 5.71 stations per 100 personnel
- 9 other listed departments in Emanuel County
Swainsboro Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 36% higher than 64% 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 05304 · Swainsboro Volunteer Fire Department, GA 35 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #8,141
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Forsyth Township…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Forsyth Township Fire Department / Forsyth Township Emergency Medical Services, MI (+ 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 GA department.
- Swainsboro Volunt… (this dept) 35
- High Corinth-Holder Vo…, NC 35
- Near Forsyth Township…, MI 35
- Near Deep Run Voluntee…, NC 35
- Near Tuckahoe Voluntee…, NJ 35
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Swainsboro, GA
- County
- Emanuel County
- FDID
- 05304
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How Swainsboro Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #108 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,141 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 128
- GA departments
- 868
County roster fringe
Swainsboro Volunteer Fire Department is 9.9% of Emanuel County roster mass
The county lists 11 departments totaling 353 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.71 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Forsyth Township Fire Department / Forsyth Township Emergency Medical Services, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.