Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderBristol Tennessee Fire Department
Bristol, TN · Sullivan County. Bristol Tennessee Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 95 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.
- 95
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bristol Tennessee Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Tennessee average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +296%
- vs. Tennessee average
- 4
- stations
- $548,634
- 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.
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.
Bristol Tennessee Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Bristol, TN (Sullivan County), with 4 stations and 95 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,044 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $548,634.
- National personnel rank #1,044 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #24 of 534
- 4.21 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Sullivan County
Bristol Tennessee Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
95 Top 5% higher than 95% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more departments. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 82412 · Bristol Tennessee Fire Department, TN 95 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 95
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,044
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bedford Hills
- FEMA-MID $549K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bedford Hills Fire Department, NY (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Bristol Tennessee (this dept) 95
- High Apalachin, NY 95
- Near Bedford Hills, NY 95
- Near Oxnard, CA 95
- Near Rescue Hook and L…, PA 95
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Bristol, TN
- County
- Sullivan County
- FDID
- 82412
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | EMW2016FO00596 | $282,234 |
| 2012 | EMW2012FO03072 | $266,400 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How Bristol Tennessee Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #24 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,044 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Sullivan County
County mix is mostly volunteer (8 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
4.21 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 95 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bedford Hills Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 95 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.