Department profile
Career (Paid)Winston Salem Fire Department - Bullard Fire
Winston Salem, NC · Forsyth County. Winston Salem Fire Department - Bullard Fire is a Career (Paid) department, 18 stations and 312 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 312
- Total personnel
- 18
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Winston Salem Fire Department - Bullard Fire pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Carolina average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +1100%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 18
- stations
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.
Winston Salem Fire Department - Bullard Fire is a Career (Paid) department serving Winston Salem, NC (Forsyth County), with 18 stations and 312 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #110 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #110 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #4 of 932
- 5.77 stations per 100 personnel
- 22 other listed departments in Forsyth County
Winston Salem Fire Department - Bullard Fire vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
312 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 03423 · Winston Salem Fire Department - Bullard Fire, NC 312 personnel · 18 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 312
- STA-MULTI 18 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #110
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ California Depart…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - San Diego Unit, CA (+ 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.
- Winston Salem Fir… (this dept) 312
- High Port Chester, NY 312
- Near California Depart…, CA 312
- Near City of Alexandria, VA 312
- Low Des Moines Fire a…, IA 310
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Winston Salem, NC
- County
- Forsyth County
- FDID
- 03423
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Winston Salem Fire Department - Bullard Fire's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #4 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #110 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 18
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster weight
Winston Salem Fire Department - Bullard Fire carries 30.6% of Forsyth County HIFLD personnel
Among 24 listed departments (1,020 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 58% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.77 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (18 stations / 312 roster).
Photo-finish peer: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - San Diego Unit, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 312 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.