Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSwannanoa Fire and Rescue Department
Swannanoa, NC · Buncombe County. Swannanoa Fire and Rescue Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 36 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.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Swannanoa Fire and Rescue Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the North Carolina average.
- Top 33%
- national personnel size
- +38%
- 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.
Swannanoa Fire and Rescue Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Swannanoa, NC (Buncombe County), with 2 stations and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,502 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,502 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #405 of 932
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 20 other listed departments in Buncombe County
Swannanoa Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 33% higher than 67% 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 01117 · Swannanoa Fire and Rescue Department, NC 36 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,502
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Niles Charter Tow…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Niles Charter Township Fire Department, MI (+ 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.
- Swannanoa Fire an… (this dept) 36
- High Ralston Volunteer…, NE 36
- Near Niles Charter Tow…, MI 36
- Near Margate City, NJ 36
- Near Aspers Fire and E…, PA 36
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Swannanoa, NC
- County
- Buncombe County
- FDID
- 01117
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Swannanoa Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #405 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,502 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 fringe
Swannanoa Fire and Rescue Department is 4.2% of Buncombe County roster mass
The county lists 29 departments totaling 852 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 93% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Niles Charter Township Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.