Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderTown of Ocean Isle Beach Fire Department
Ocean Isle Beach, NC · Brunswick County. Town of Ocean Isle Beach Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 32 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.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Town of Ocean Isle Beach Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the North Carolina average.
- Top 42%
- national personnel size
- +23%
- 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.
Town of Ocean Isle Beach Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Ocean Isle Beach, NC (Brunswick County), with 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,355 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,355 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #542 of 932
- 3.13 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Brunswick County
Town of Ocean Isle Beach Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 42% higher than 58% 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 01007 · Town of Ocean Isle Beach Fire Department, NC 32 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,355
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Irvington Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Irvington Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+ 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.
- Town of Ocean Isl… (this dept) 32
- High Saint Johns Emerg…, AZ 32
- Near Irvington Volunte…, NE 32
- Near Split Rock Townsh…, SD 32
- Near Big Flats Volunte…, WI 32
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ocean Isle Beach, NC
- County
- Brunswick County
- FDID
- 01007
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Town of Ocean Isle Beach Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #542 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,355 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
Town of Ocean Isle Beach Fire Department is 6.0% of Brunswick County roster mass
The county lists 27 departments totaling 529 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 78% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Irvington Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.