Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCity of Memphis Division of Fire
Memphis, TN · Shelby County. City of Memphis Division of Fire is a Career (Paid) department, 55 stations and 1,808 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.
- 1,808
- Total personnel
- 55
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Memphis Division of Fire pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Tennessee average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +7433%
- vs. Tennessee average
- 55
- 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 Memphis Division of Fire is a Career (Paid) department serving Memphis, TN (Shelby County), with 55 stations and 1,808 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #1 of 534
- 3.04 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Shelby County
City of Memphis Division of Fire vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
1,808 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 79553 · City of Memphis Division of Fire, TN 1,808 personnel · 55 stations
PERS-METRO · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-METRO 1,808
- STA-SYSTEM 55 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #8
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ San Francisco
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: San Francisco Fire Department, CA (+ 27 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.
- High Prince Georges Co…, MD 1,981
- Near San Francisco, CA 1,835
- City of Memphis D… (this dept) 1,808
- Near Baltimore City Fi…, MD 1,752
- Low Columbus Division…, OH 1,675
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Memphis, TN
- County
- Shelby County
- FDID
- 79553
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How City of Memphis Division of Fire's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #1 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 55
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County roster weight
City of Memphis Division of Fire carries 76.4% of Shelby County HIFLD personnel
Among 15 listed departments (2,366 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 7% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.04 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (55 stations / 1,808 roster).
Photo-finish peer: San Francisco Fire Department, CA (+27 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 1,808 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.