Department profile

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Belfry Volunteer Fire Department Limited

Belfry, KY · Pike County. Belfry Volunteer Fire Department Limited is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 39 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.

39
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Belfry Volunteer Fire Department Limited pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Kentucky average.

Top 29%
national personnel size
+86%
vs. Kentucky average
1
station
$192,858
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
53/100
Belfry Volunteer Fire Department Limited

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
39 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 F
$4,945 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
39 personnel · 1 station

Belfry Volunteer Fire Department Limited is a Volunteer department serving Belfry, KY (Pike County), with 1 station and 39 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,456 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $192,858.

  • National personnel rank #6,456 of 22,440
  • KY personnel rank #128 of 606
  • 2.56 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 30 other listed departments in Pike County

Belfry Volunteer Fire Department Limited vs. the national personnel distribution

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

39 Top 29% higher than 71% 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 98502 · Belfry Volunteer Fire Department Limited, KY 39 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 39
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #6,456
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Shackle Island Fi…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $193K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Shackle Island Fire and Rescue Department, TN (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Belfry, KY
FDID
98502

FEMA Grant History

$193K
Cumulative funding (FY2017)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2017 EMW-2017-FO-00813 $192,858

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

Staffing vs the Kentucky average

How Belfry Volunteer Fire Department Limited's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #128 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,456 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 86% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
93
KY departments
981

County roster fringe

Belfry Volunteer Fire Department Limited is 8.0% of Pike County roster mass

The county lists 34 departments totaling 486 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 71% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 39 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Shackle Island Fire and Rescue Department, TN (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Blackberry Fire Department
Ransom · volunteer
Blackberry Fire Department
Mc Carr · other
Elkhorn City Fire Department
Elkhorn City · other
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 39 personnel

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

Shackle Island Fire and Rescue Department, TN 39 Burwell Rural Fire District, NE 39 East Sullivan County Volunteer Fire Department, TN 39 Stillwater Fire and Rescue, MN 39 Jefferson Craig Fire and Rescue, IN 39 Floyd Volunteer Fire Department, AR 39 South Sioux City Fire and Rescue Department, NE 39 Poy Sippi Volunteer Fire Department, WI 39

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Belfry Volunteer Fire Department Limited have?

Belfry Volunteer Fire Department Limited has 39 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 86% above the Kentucky average of 21 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #6,456 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within KY, it ranks #128 of 606 by personnel.

Does Belfry Volunteer Fire Department Limited provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Belfry Volunteer Fire Department Limited operate?

Belfry Volunteer Fire Department Limited operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Belfry Volunteer Fire Department Limited?

Belfry Volunteer Fire Department Limited is a Volunteer department serving Pike County, KY. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Belfry Volunteer Fire Department Limited received federal grants?

Yes, Belfry Volunteer Fire Department Limited has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $192,858 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 Kentucky?

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

Related guides

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