Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWestern Carteret Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Swansboro, NC · Carteret County. Western Carteret Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 61 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.
- 61
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Western Carteret Fire and Emergency Medical Services pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Carolina average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +135%
- vs. North 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.
Western Carteret Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Swansboro, NC (Carteret County), with 1 station and 61 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,539 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,539 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #72 of 932
- 1.64 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Carteret County
Western Carteret Fire and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
61 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 01612 · Western Carteret Fire and Emergency Medical Services, NC 61 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 61
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,539
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Clairton Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Clairton Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 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.
- Western Carteret… (this dept) 61
- High Kearney Fire and…, MO 61
- Near Clairton Volunteer, PA 61
- Near Windsor Locks, CT 61
- Near Bay City Fire and…, MI 61
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Swansboro, NC
- County
- Carteret County
- FDID
- 01612
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Western Carteret Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #72 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,539 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster geometry
Carteret County HIFLD mix around Western Carteret Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Carteret County: 26 departments, 543 personnel (12 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 85% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.64 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 61 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Clairton Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 61 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.