Department profile
VolunteerBuncombe Creek Fire Department
Kingston, OK · Marshall County. Buncombe Creek Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Buncombe Creek Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Oklahoma average.
- 11th pct.
- national personnel size
- +25%
- vs. Oklahoma 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.
Buncombe Creek Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Kingston, OK (Marshall County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,007 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,007 of 22,440
- OK personnel rank #336 of 513
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 11 other listed departments in Marshall County
Buncombe Creek Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 89% higher than 11% 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 45006 · Buncombe Creek Fire Department, OK 15 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #20,007
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fine Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Fine Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+ 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 OK department.
- Buncombe Creek (this dept) 15
- High Prairie County, MT 15
- Near Fine Volunteer, NY 15
- Near Flippin, AR 15
- Near Lake Ridge Volunt…, IN 15
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Kingston, OK
- County
- Marshall County
- FDID
- 45006
Staffing vs the Oklahoma average
How Buncombe Creek Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oklahoma. In-state it ranks #336 of 513 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,007 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- OK departments
- 1,049
County roster geometry
Marshall County HIFLD mix around Buncombe Creek Fire Department
Marshall County: 13 departments, 99 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 31% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Fine Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OK department.