Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderWest Columbia Fire Department
West Columbia, SC · Lexington County. West Columbia Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 22 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.
- 22
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West Columbia Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the South Carolina average.
- 28th pct.
- national personnel size
- -12%
- vs. South 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.
West Columbia Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving West Columbia, SC (Lexington County), with 1 station and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,068 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,068 of 22,440
- SC personnel rank #287 of 473
- 4.55 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Lexington County
West Columbia Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
22 Top 72% higher than 28% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more departments. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 32136 · West Columbia Fire Department, SC 22 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 22
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,068
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Maurepas Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Maurepas Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+ 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 SC department.
- West Columbia (this dept) 22
- High Park City Rural F…, MT 22
- Near Maurepas Volunteer, LA 22
- Near Northside Fire St…, AR 22
- Near Oil Trough, AR 22
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- West Columbia, SC
- County
- Lexington County
- FDID
- 32136
Staffing vs the South Carolina average
How West Columbia Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Carolina. In-state it ranks #287 of 473 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,068 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 75
- SC departments
- 689
County roster fringe
West Columbia Fire Department is 8.1% of Lexington County roster mass
The county lists 12 departments totaling 270 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 42% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.55 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 22 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Maurepas Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 22 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SC department.