Department profile
Career (Paid)City of Dyersburg Fire Department
Dyersburg, TN · Dyer County. City of Dyersburg Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 62 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 62
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Dyersburg Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Tennessee average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +158%
- vs. Tennessee average
- 3
- stations
- $566,917
- 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.
City of Dyersburg Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Dyersburg, TN (Dyer County), with 3 stations and 62 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,423 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $566,917.
- National personnel rank #2,423 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #46 of 534
- 4.84 stations per 100 personnel
- 12 other listed departments in Dyer County
City of Dyersburg Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
62 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 23312 · City of Dyersburg Fire Department, TN 62 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 62
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #2,423
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Vilonia Municipal
- FEMA-MID $567K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Vilonia Municipal Fire Department, AR (+ 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.
- City of Dyersburg (this dept) 62
- High Nikiski, AK 62
- Near Vilonia Municipal, AR 62
- Near Swanzey Fire Depa…, NH 62
- Near Saint Paul Depart…, AK 62
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Dyersburg, TN
- County
- Dyer County
- FDID
- 23312
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FF-01026 | $316,017 |
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FF-01115 | $250,900 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How City of Dyersburg Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #46 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,423 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County roster weight
City of Dyersburg Fire Department carries 41.6% of Dyer County HIFLD personnel
Among 14 listed departments (149 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 29% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.84 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 62 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Vilonia Municipal Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 62 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.