Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCairo Fire Department
Henderson, KY · Henderson County. Cairo Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 30 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.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Cairo Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Kentucky average.
- Top 44%
- national personnel size
- +43%
- 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.
Cairo Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Henderson, KY (Henderson County), with 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,945 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,945 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #210 of 606
- 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Henderson County
Cairo Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 44% higher than 56% 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 51253 · Cairo Fire Department, KY 30 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,945
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Scioto Valley Fir…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Scioto Valley Fire District, OH (+ 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.
- Cairo (this dept) 30
- High Cowen Volunteer, WV 30
- Near Scioto Valley Fir…, OH 30
- Near Hohenwald, TN 30
- Near Slayton, MN 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Henderson, KY
- County
- Henderson County
- FDID
- 51253
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Cairo Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #210 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,945 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster geometry
Henderson County HIFLD mix around Cairo Fire Department
Henderson County: 13 departments, 259 personnel (9 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 92% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Scioto Valley Fire District, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.