Department profile
VolunteerSwansboro Fire Department
Swansboro, NC · Onslow County. Swansboro Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station 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
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Swansboro Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the North Carolina average.
- Top 36%
- national personnel size
- +35%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 1
- station
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.
Swansboro Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Swansboro, NC (Onslow County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,142 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,142 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #445 of 932
- 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
- 23 other listed departments in Onslow County
Swansboro 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 06717 · Swansboro Fire Department, NC 35 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #8,142
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Marion Community
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Marion Community Fire Department, 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 NC department.
- Swansboro (this dept) 35
- High Battle Creek Volu…, NE 35
- Near Marion Community, MI 35
- Near Berthoud Fire Pro…, CO 35
- Near Fork Union Fire C…, VA 35
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Swansboro, NC
- County
- Onslow County
- FDID
- 06717
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Swansboro Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #445 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,142 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster fringe
Swansboro Fire Department is 6.7% of Onslow County roster mass
The county lists 25 departments totaling 520 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 76% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Marion Community Fire Department, 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 NC department.