Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBethesda-Flat Creek Volunteer Fire Department
Thompsons Station, TN · Williamson County. Bethesda-Flat Creek Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 28 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.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bethesda-Flat Creek Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Tennessee average.
- 49th pct.
- national personnel size
- +17%
- vs. Tennessee 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.
Bethesda-Flat Creek Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Thompsons Station, TN (Williamson County), with 2 stations and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,348 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,348 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #222 of 534
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Williamson County
Bethesda-Flat Creek Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 51% higher than 49% 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 94171 · Bethesda-Flat Creek Volunteer Fire Department, TN 28 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,348
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Naval District Wa…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Naval District Washington Fire Department - Dahlgren-Dod, VA (+ 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 TN department.
- Bethesda-Flat Cre… (this dept) 28
- High Northeast Nelson…, KY 28
- Near Naval District Wa…, VA 28
- Near Union Township Vo…, IN 28
- Near Washington Fire D…, NH 28
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Thompsons Station, TN
- County
- Williamson County
- FDID
- 94171
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How Bethesda-Flat Creek Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #222 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,348 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County roster fringe
Bethesda-Flat Creek Volunteer Fire Department is 5.7% of Williamson County roster mass
The county lists 13 departments totaling 494 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 92% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Naval District Washington Fire Department - Dahlgren-Dod, VA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.