Department profile
VolunteerBethel Volunteer Fire Department
Bethel, KY · Bath County. Bethel Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Bethel Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Kentucky average.
- Top 44%
- national personnel size
- +43%
- vs. Kentucky average
- 2
- stations
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.
Bethel Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bethel, KY (Bath County), with 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,890 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,890 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #209 of 606
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 4 other listed departments in Bath County
Bethel Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 44% higher than 56% 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 06954 · Bethel Volunteer Fire Department, KY 30 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #9,890
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Olive Township Fi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Olive Township Fire and Rescue, MI (+ 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.
- Bethel Volunteer (this dept) 30
- High Bridgeport Volunt…, OH 30
- Near Olive Township Fi…, MI 30
- Near Whitefish, MT 30
- Near Otsego County, MI 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bethel, KY
- County
- Bath County
- FDID
- 06954
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Bethel Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #209 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,890 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster geometry
Bath County HIFLD mix around Bethel Volunteer Fire Department
Bath County: 6 departments, 124 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 50% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Olive Township Fire and Rescue, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.