Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCity of Harlan Fire Department
Harlan, KY · Harlan County. City of Harlan Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Harlan Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Kentucky average.
- 41st pct.
- national personnel size
- +19%
- vs. Kentucky average
- 2
- stations
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 Harlan Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Harlan, KY (Harlan County), with 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,189 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,189 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #298 of 606
- 8.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Harlan County
City of Harlan Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 59% higher than 41% 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 48231 · City of Harlan Fire Department, KY 25 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #13,189
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Apple River Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Apple River Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- City of Harlan (this dept) 25
- High Eden, SD 25
- Near Apple River Volun…, WI 25
- Near Williamsburg, IA 25
- Near Victor, IA 25
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Harlan, KY
- County
- Harlan County
- FDID
- 48231
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How City of Harlan Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #298 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,189 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster geometry
Harlan County HIFLD mix around City of Harlan Fire Department
Harlan County: 18 departments, 219 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 94% of departments. County / state rollup.
8.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Apple River Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.