South Carolina

Data confidence: moderate (75/100)

Overall Fireground Index

Higher score = lower civilian fire-death rate.

Fire-death rate (5-year): 1.75; per 100,000 residents / yr
Civilian fire deaths: 480; 2020-2024 total
Population: 5,478,831; U.S. Census (2024)
Public sources: 2; 3 metrics used · 4 unavailable

Every value is drawn from an authoritative public source. The Overall score normalizes the one fire metric that is genuinely comparable across all counties — the civilian fire-death rate (South Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal counts, per Census population). Where counties publish incident/response figures, we show them as sourced context; where no public source exists, we say so. Data Confidence reflects how much verifiable public evidence backs each county.

County-equivalents

46 counties

Confidence mix

0·42·4

high · moderate · limited

With incident data

counties publishing responses

County rankings

South Carolina counties by Overall Fireground Index

Ranked by the normalized civilian fire-death rate — the one comparable metric. Confidence flags where small counts or sparse reporting make a county's profile less certain. Select a county for its full evidence profile.

South Carolina counties ranked by Overall Fireground Index, with fire-death rate, five-year deaths, and data confidence.
Rank	County	Index	Fire-death rate	Deaths (5yr)	Confidence
1	Allendale County7,551 pop.	73	0.00	0	limited
2	Dillon County27,577 pop.	73	0.00	0	limited
3	Hampton County18,172 pop.	73	0.00	0	limited
4	McCormick County9,983 pop.	73	0.00	0	limited
5	Berkeley County264,276 pop.	68	0.53	7	moderate
6	Charleston County431,001 pop.	65	0.84	18	moderate
7	Lexington County313,774 pop.	65	0.89	14	moderate
8	Dorchester County174,663 pop.	64	1.03	9	moderate
9	Pickens County138,207 pop.	64	1.01	7	moderate
10	Beaufort County201,775 pop.	62	1.19	12	moderate
11	Greenville County570,745 pop.	61	1.33	38	moderate
12	Richland County430,651 pop.	61	1.30	28	moderate
13	Spartanburg County369,256 pop.	61	1.35	25	moderate
14	Marion County28,368 pop.	60	1.41	2	moderate
15	Georgetown County66,035 pop.	59	1.51	5	moderate
16	Horry County413,391 pop.	59	1.50	31	moderate
17	Abbeville County24,607 pop.	58	1.63	2	moderate
18	York County303,001 pop.	58	1.58	24	moderate
19	Anderson County217,183 pop.	57	1.75	19	moderate
20	Lancaster County111,652 pop.	56	1.79	10	moderate
21	Clarendon County31,030 pop.	55	1.93	3	moderate
22	Fairfield County20,369 pop.	55	1.96	2	moderate
23	Greenwood County70,041 pop.	54	2.00	7	moderate
24	Newberry County39,203 pop.	54	2.04	4	moderate
25	Saluda County19,452 pop.	54	2.06	2	moderate

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