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United States Forest Service - Witherbee Ranger Station

Cordesville, SC · Berkeley County. United States Forest Service - Witherbee Ranger Station is a fire department and 6 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

6
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

United States Forest Service - Witherbee Ranger Station pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the South Carolina average.

0th pct.
national personnel size
-76%
vs. South Carolina average

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.

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PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
United States Forest Service - Witherbee Ranger Station

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.

Staffing capacity
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
6 personnel

United States Forest Service - Witherbee Ranger Station is a fire department serving Cordesville, SC (Berkeley County) and 6 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,363 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #22,363 of 22,440
  • SC personnel rank #462 of 473
  • 35 other listed departments in Berkeley County

United States Forest Service - Witherbee Ranger Station vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

6 Top 100% in the bottom 1% 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 SC-UNITED-STATES-FOREST-SERVICE-WITHERBEE-RANGER-STAT-SC · United States Forest Service - Witherbee Ranger Station, SC 6 personnel

PERS-MICRO · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MICRO 6
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #22,363
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Castroville Volun…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Castroville Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every SC department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Cordesville, SC

Staffing vs the South Carolina average

How United States Forest Service - Witherbee Ranger Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #462 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,363 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 76% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
75
SC departments
689

County roster fringe

United States Forest Service - Witherbee Ranger Station is 1.0% of Berkeley County roster mass

The county lists 44 departments totaling 612 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 32% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Castroville Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Berkeley County Rescue Squad
Moncks Corner · other
Bonneau Rural Fire Department
Bonneau · volunteer
Caromi Fire Department
Ladson · volunteer
City of Goose Creek Fire Department
Goose Creek · career
Cordesville Rural Fire Department
Cordesville · other
Cordesville Rural Volunteer Fire Department
Moncks Corner · volunteer
All SC departments →

Nationwide departments near 6 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.

Castroville Volunteer Fire Department, TX 6 City of Rio Bravo Fire Department, TX 6 Gregg County Sheriff Department/Airport Division, TX 6 Lake Bridgeport Volunteer Fire Department First Responders, TX 6

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does United States Forest Service - Witherbee Ranger Station have?

United States Forest Service - Witherbee Ranger Station has 6 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 76% below the South Carolina average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #22,363 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within SC, it ranks #462 of 473 by personnel.

Does United States Forest Service - Witherbee Ranger Station provide EMS services?

United States Forest Service - Witherbee Ranger Station is not listed as providing EMS in the HIFLD record. Contact local emergency services to confirm which agency covers medical calls.

How many fire stations does United States Forest Service - Witherbee Ranger Station operate?

Station count data for United States Forest Service - Witherbee Ranger Station is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is United States Forest Service - Witherbee Ranger Station?

United States Forest Service - Witherbee Ranger Station is a fire department serving Berkeley County, SC.

How many fire departments are in South Carolina?

South Carolina has 689 fire departments with 17,475 total personnel. 49% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.