Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Anchorage Fire and Emergency Medical Services District

Anchorage, KY · Jefferson County. Anchorage Fire and Emergency Medical Services District is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 23 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.

23
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Anchorage Fire and Emergency Medical Services District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Kentucky average.

34th pct.
national personnel size
+10%
vs. Kentucky 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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
48/100
Anchorage Fire and Emergency Medical Services District

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 C
23 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
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
23 personnel · 1 station

Anchorage Fire and Emergency Medical Services District is a Career (Paid) department serving Anchorage, KY (Jefferson County), with 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,892 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #14,892 of 22,440
  • KY personnel rank #352 of 606
  • 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 26 other listed departments in Jefferson County

Anchorage Fire and Emergency Medical Services District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

23 Top 66% higher than 34% 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 56277 · Anchorage Fire and Emergency Medical Services District, KY 23 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 23
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #14,892
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ashton Fire and R…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Ashton Fire and Rescue, NE (+ 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 KY department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Anchorage, KY
FDID
56277

Staffing vs the Kentucky average

How Anchorage Fire and Emergency Medical Services District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #352 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,892 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 10% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
93
KY departments
981

County roster fringe

Anchorage Fire and Emergency Medical Services District is 1.3% of Jefferson County roster mass

The county lists 40 departments totaling 1,819 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 93% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 23 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Ashton Fire and Rescue, NE (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Fern Creek Fire Department
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Harrods Creek Fire Department
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Nationwide career peers near 23 personnel

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

Ashton Fire and Rescue, NE 23 Frankfort Fire Department, SD 23 McCord Community Volunteer Fire Department, OK 23 Coggon Fire Department, IA 23 Lewisburg Fire Department, TN 23 Newcastle Fire Department, OK 23 Plains Township Fire Department, PA 23 Lookout Mountain Fire Department, TN 23

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Anchorage Fire and Emergency Medical Services District have?

Anchorage Fire and Emergency Medical Services District has 23 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 10% above the Kentucky average of 21 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #14,892 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within KY, it ranks #352 of 606 by personnel.

Does Anchorage Fire and Emergency Medical Services District provide EMS services?

Yes, Anchorage Fire and Emergency Medical Services District provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Anchorage Fire and Emergency Medical Services District operate?

Anchorage Fire and Emergency Medical Services District operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Anchorage Fire and Emergency Medical Services District?

Anchorage Fire and Emergency Medical Services District is a Career (Paid) department serving Jefferson County, KY. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

How many fire departments are in Kentucky?

Kentucky has 981 fire departments with 20,700 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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