Department profile
VolunteerBulls Gap Volunteer Fire Department
Bulls Gap, TN · Hawkins County. Bulls Gap Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 41 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 41
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Bulls Gap Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Tennessee average.
- Top 25%
- national personnel size
- +71%
- vs. Tennessee 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.
Bulls Gap Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bulls Gap, TN (Hawkins County), with 1 station and 41 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,661 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,661 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #102 of 534
- 2.44 stations per 100 personnel
- 15 other listed departments in Hawkins County
Bulls Gap Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
41 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 37111 · Bulls Gap Volunteer Fire Department, TN 41 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 41
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #5,661
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Martin Volunteer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Martin Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, MS (+ 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.
- Bulls Gap Volunte… (this dept) 41
- High Willard Fire and…, OH 41
- Near Martin Volunteer…, MS 41
- Near Judith Basin Rura…, MT 41
- Near Seymour, IN 41
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bulls Gap, TN
- County
- Hawkins County
- FDID
- 37111
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How Bulls Gap Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #102 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,661 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County roster geometry
Hawkins County HIFLD mix around Bulls Gap Volunteer Fire Department
Hawkins County: 20 departments, 406 personnel (12 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.44 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 41 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Martin Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, MS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 41 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.