Department profile
VolunteerBarlow City Volunteer Fire Department
Barlow, KY · Ballard County. Barlow City Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 16
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Barlow City Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Kentucky average.
- 13th pct.
- national personnel size
- -24%
- 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.
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.
Barlow City Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Barlow, KY (Ballard County), with 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,433 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,433 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #544 of 606
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Ballard County
Barlow City Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
16 Top 87% higher than 13% 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 04009 · Barlow City Volunteer Fire Department, KY 16 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 16
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #19,433
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Little Flock Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Little Flock Fire Station, AR (+ 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 KY department.
- Barlow City Volun… (this dept) 16
- High Byron Township, MI 16
- Near Little Flock Fire…, AR 16
- Near Laredo Fire Depar…, MO 16
- Near Burnsville Volunt…, WV 16
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Barlow, KY
- County
- Ballard County
- FDID
- 04009
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Barlow City Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #544 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,433 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster geometry
Ballard County HIFLD mix around Barlow City Volunteer Fire Department
Ballard County: 9 departments, 160 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 16 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Little Flock Fire Station, AR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 16 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.