Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderWashington Fire and Rescue
Washington, NC · Beaufort County. Washington Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 49 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.
- 49
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Washington Fire and Rescue pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the North Carolina average.
- Top 19%
- national personnel size
- +88%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 1
- station
- $500,566
- 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.
Washington Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Washington, NC (Beaufort County), with 1 station and 49 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,223 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $500,566.
- National personnel rank #4,223 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #168 of 932
- 2.04 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Beaufort County
Washington Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
49 Top 19% higher than 81% 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 00706 · Washington Fire and Rescue, NC 49 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 49
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,223
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Greif Brothers Pa…
- FEMA-MID $501K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Greif Brothers Packaging Corporation - Riverville Mill Fire Brigade and Emergency Medical Services, VA (+ 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.
- Washington Fire a… (this dept) 49
- High Harrisville, RI 49
- Near Greif Brothers Pa…, VA 49
- Near Crowley Fire Depa…, LA 49
- Near McKownville, NY 49
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Washington, NC
- County
- Beaufort County
- FDID
- 00706
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-01603 | $180,333.33 |
| 2011 | EMW-2011-FV-0058 | $332,785 |
| 2008 | EMW2007FF01057 | $-12,552 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Washington Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #168 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,223 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Beaufort County
County mix is mostly volunteer (9 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
2.04 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 49 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Greif Brothers Packaging Corporation - Riverville Mill Fire Brigade and Emergency Medical Services, VA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 49 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.