Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWalker County Emergency Services
Rock Spring, GA · Walker County. Walker County Emergency Services is a Volunteer department, 19 stations and 354 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.
- 354
- Total personnel
- 19
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Walker County Emergency Services pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Georgia average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +1982%
- vs. Georgia average
- 19
- stations
- $2,232,687
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Walker County Emergency Services is a Volunteer department serving Rock Spring, GA (Walker County), with 19 stations and 354 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #89 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,232,687.
- National personnel rank #89 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #1 of 328
- 5.37 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Walker County
Walker County Emergency Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
354 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 14601 · Walker County Emergency Services, GA 354 personnel · 19 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 354
- STA-MULTI 19 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #89
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Saint Petersburg…
- FEMA-MID $2.2M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Saint Petersburg Fire and Rescue, FL (+ 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.
- High Fresno County Fir…, CA 357
- Near Gary, IN 355
- Walker County Eme… (this dept) 354
- Near Saint Petersburg…, FL 354
- Low Fresno City, CA 350
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Rock Spring, GA
- County
- Walker County
- FDID
- 14601
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | EMW2013FH00561 | $782,632 |
| 2011 | EMW-2011-FV-0225 | $520,000 |
| 2011 | EMW-2011-FO-0245 | $336,017 |
| 2006 | EMW-2006-FF-0317 | $407,867 |
| 2006 | EMW-2006-FG-0101 | $186,171 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How Walker County Emergency Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #1 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #89 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 19
- State fire deaths/yr
- 128
- GA departments
- 868
County roster weight
Walker County Emergency Services carries 91.9% of Walker County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (385 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 40% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.37 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (19 stations / 354 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Saint Petersburg Fire and Rescue, FL (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 354 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.