Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCity of Johnson City Fire Department
Johnson City, TN · Washington County. City of Johnson City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 8 stations and 113 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.
- 113
- Total personnel
- 8
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Johnson City Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Tennessee average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +371%
- vs. Tennessee average
- 8
- stations
- $1,493,521
- 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 Johnson City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Johnson City, TN (Washington County), with 8 stations and 113 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #754 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,493,521.
- National personnel rank #754 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #21 of 534
- 7.08 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Washington County
City of Johnson City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
113 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 90252 · City of Johnson City Fire Department, TN 113 personnel · 8 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 113
- STA-MULTI 8 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #754
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ East Northport
- FEMA-MID $1.5M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: East Northport Fire Department, NY (+ 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 Johnson C… (this dept) 113
- High Jackson Hole Fire…, WY 113
- Near East Northport, NY 113
- Near Palo Alto, CA 113
- Near West Allis, WI 113
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Johnson City, TN
- County
- Washington County
- FDID
- 90252
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-02002 | $230,748.72 |
| 2017 | EMW2015FH00008 | $493,080 |
| 2012 | EMW2011FV01490 | $600,000 |
| 2011 | EMW2011FO02451 | $169,692 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How City of Johnson City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #21 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #754 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 8
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County roster weight
City of Johnson City Fire Department carries 31.3% of Washington County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (361 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 78% of the county count. County / state rollup.
7.08 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (8 stations / 113 roster).
Photo-finish peer: East Northport Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 113 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.