Department profile
VolunteerWaynesville Fire Department
Waynesville, NC · Haywood County. Waynesville Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 34 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 34
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Waynesville Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the North Carolina average.
- Top 38%
- national personnel size
- +31%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 2
- stations
- $462,119
- 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.
Waynesville Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Waynesville, NC (Haywood County), with 2 stations and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,546 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $462,119.
- National personnel rank #8,546 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #482 of 932
- 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
- 13 other listed departments in Haywood County
Waynesville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
34 Top 38% higher than 62% 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 04411 · Waynesville Fire Department, NC 34 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 34
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #8,546
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Anderson County F…
- FEMA-LIGHT $462K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Anderson County Fire Protection, SC (+ 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.
- Waynesville (this dept) 34
- High Runnemede Fire De…, NJ 34
- Near Anderson County F…, SC 34
- Near Windsor Four Coun…, MO 34
- Near Gassaway Volunteer, WV 34
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Waynesville, NC
- County
- Haywood County
- FDID
- 04411
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-02723 | $276,190.47 |
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-00399 | $185,928.57 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Waynesville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #482 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,546 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster fringe
Waynesville Fire Department is 8.1% of Haywood County roster mass
The county lists 15 departments totaling 419 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 47% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 34 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Anderson County Fire Protection, SC (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 34 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.