Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBarlow Rural Fire Department
Barlow, KY · Ballard County. Barlow Rural Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Barlow Rural Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Kentucky average.
- 42nd pct.
- national personnel size
- +19%
- 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 Rural Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Barlow, KY (Ballard County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,043 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,043 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #294 of 606
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Ballard County
Barlow Rural Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 58% higher than 42% 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 04830 · Barlow Rural Fire Department, KY 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #13,043
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Blakely
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Blakely Fire Department, GA (+ 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 Rural (this dept) 25
- High Carterville Volun…, MO 25
- Near City of Blakely, GA 25
- Near Clark Township Vo…, MI 25
- Near Guin, AL 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Barlow, KY
- County
- Ballard County
- FDID
- 04830
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Barlow Rural Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #294 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,043 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 Rural Fire Department
Ballard County: 9 departments, 160 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Blakely Fire Department, GA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.