Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

City of Oak Ridge Fire Department

Oak Ridge, TN · Anderson County. City of Oak Ridge Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 49 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.

49
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

City of Oak Ridge Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Tennessee average.

Top 18%
national personnel size
+104%
vs. Tennessee average
3
stations
$356,975
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
19/100
City of Oak Ridge Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity D
16.3 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness F
0.7 vehicles per station (national median 2)
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
49 personnel · 3 stations

City of Oak Ridge Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Oak Ridge, TN (Anderson County), with 3 stations and 49 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,141 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $356,975.

  • National personnel rank #4,141 of 22,440
  • TN personnel rank #71 of 534
  • 6.12 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 11 other listed departments in Anderson County

City of Oak Ridge Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

49 Top 18% higher than 82% 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 01442 · City of Oak Ridge Fire Department, TN 49 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 49
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #4,141
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Louisville Fire P…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $357K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Louisville Fire Protection District, CO (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Oak Ridge, TN
FDID
01442

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2018–2020)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2020 EMW-2020-FG-11085 $172,429.72
2018 EMW-2018-FO-02423 $184,545

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Tennessee average

How City of Oak Ridge Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #71 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,141 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 104% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
115
TN departments
921

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Anderson County

County mix is mostly volunteer (7 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

6.12 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 49 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Louisville Fire Protection District, CO (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Andersonville Volunteer Fire Department
Andersonville · volunteer
Claxton Volunteer Fire Department
Powell · volunteer
Clinton Fire Department
Clinton · volunteer
Lake City Fire Department
Lake City · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 49 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.

Louisville Fire Protection District, CO 49 Crowley Fire Department - Central Station, LA 49 McKownville Fire Department, NY 49 Greif Brothers Packaging Corporation - Riverville Mill Fire Brigade and Emergency Medical Services, VA 49 Washington Fire and Rescue, NC 49 Ridgewood Fire Department, NJ 49 Pullman Fire Department, WA 49 City of Seatac Fire Department, WA 49

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does City of Oak Ridge Fire Department have?

City of Oak Ridge Fire Department has 49 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 104% above the Tennessee average of 24 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #4,141 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within TN, it ranks #71 of 534 by personnel.

Does City of Oak Ridge Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, City of Oak Ridge Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does City of Oak Ridge Fire Department operate?

City of Oak Ridge Fire Department operates 3 fire stations.

What type of fire department is City of Oak Ridge Fire Department?

City of Oak Ridge Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Anderson County, TN. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has City of Oak Ridge Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, City of Oak Ridge Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $356,974.72 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2018–2020 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2020.

How many fire departments are in Tennessee?

Tennessee has 921 fire departments with 22,125 total personnel. 52% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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