Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBig Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue
Big Creek, KY · Clay County. Big Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 59 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.
- 59
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Big Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kentucky average.
- Top 12%
- national personnel size
- +181%
- 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.
Big Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Big Creek, KY (Clay County), with 1 station and 59 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,747 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,747 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #42 of 606
- 1.69 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Clay County
Big Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
59 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 26660 · Big Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue, KY 59 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 59
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,747
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ashburnham
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ashburnham Fire Department, MA (+ 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.
- Big Creek Volunte… (this dept) 59
- High West Leyden Fire…, NY 59
- Near Ashburnham, MA 59
- Near Shrewsbury, MA 59
- Near Greece Lake Shore, NY 59
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Big Creek, KY
- County
- Clay County
- FDID
- 26660
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Big Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #42 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,747 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster weight
Big Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue carries 26.3% of Clay County HIFLD personnel
Among 10 listed departments (224 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 80% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 59 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ashburnham Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 59 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.