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Winterville Fire Department

Winterville, NC · Pitt County. Winterville Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 57 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.

57
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Winterville Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Carolina average.

Top 13%
national personnel size
+119%
vs. North Carolina average
1
station
$1,885,882
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
87/100
Winterville Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity A
57 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment B
$33,086 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
57 personnel · 1 station

Winterville Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Winterville, NC (Pitt County), with 1 station and 57 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,958 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,885,882.

  • National personnel rank #2,958 of 22,440
  • NC personnel rank #84 of 932
  • 1.75 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 26 other listed departments in Pitt County

Winterville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

57 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 07441 · Winterville Fire Department, NC 57 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 57
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #2,958
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Golden Eagle Refi…
  • FEMA-MID $1.9M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Golden Eagle Refinery Fire Department, CA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Winterville, NC
FDID
07441

FEMA Grant History

$1.9M
Cumulative funding (FY2017)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2017 EMW-2017-FH-00130 $1,389,413.43
2017 EMW-2017-FF-00125 $496,469

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the North Carolina average

How Winterville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #84 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,958 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 119% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
131
NC departments
1,534

County roster fringe

Winterville Fire Department is 7.0% of Pitt County roster mass

The county lists 28 departments totaling 819 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 43% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

1.75 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 57 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Golden Eagle Refinery Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Ayden Fire Department
Ayden · volunteer
Bell Arthur Volunteer Fire Department
Bell Arthur · volunteer
Belvoir Fire Department
Greenville · volunteer
Black Jack Volunteer Fire Department
Greenville · volunteer
Eastern Pines Fire Department
Greenville · other
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 57 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.

Golden Eagle Refinery Fire Department, CA 57 Crockett-Carquinez Fire Protection District, CA 57 Holland Fire Department, MI 57 Union Emergency Services Alliance, KY 57 Dixon Rural Fire Protection District, MO 57 Limestone Volunteer Fire Department, NY 57 North Wildwood Fire Department, NJ 57 Bradford Volunteer Fire Department, RI 57

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Winterville Fire Department have?

Winterville Fire Department has 57 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 119% above the North Carolina average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #2,958 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NC, it ranks #84 of 932 by personnel.

Does Winterville Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Winterville Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Winterville Fire Department operate?

Winterville Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Winterville Fire Department?

Winterville Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Pitt County, NC. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Winterville Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Winterville Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $1,885,882.43 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2017 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2017.

How many fire departments are in North Carolina?

North Carolina has 1,534 fire departments with 40,350 total personnel. 57% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.