Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

City of Paintsville Fire-Rescue-Emergency Medical Services

Paintsville, KY · Johnson County. City of Paintsville Fire-Rescue-Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 32 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.

32
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

City of Paintsville Fire-Rescue-Emergency Medical Services pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Kentucky average.

Top 40%
national personnel size
+52%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
25/100
City of Paintsville Fire-Rescue-Emergency Medical Services

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 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
32 personnel · 2 stations

City of Paintsville Fire-Rescue-Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Paintsville, KY (Johnson County), with 2 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,009 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #9,009 of 22,440
  • KY personnel rank #188 of 606
  • 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 12 other listed departments in Johnson County

City of Paintsville Fire-Rescue-Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution

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

32 Top 40% higher than 60% 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 58307 · City of Paintsville Fire-Rescue-Emergency Medical Services, KY 32 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 32
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #9,009
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ South Pittsburg V…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: South Pittsburg Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+ 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 KY department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Paintsville, KY
FDID
58307

Staffing vs the Kentucky average

How City of Paintsville Fire-Rescue-Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #188 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,009 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 52% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
93
KY departments
981

County staffing outlier

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

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

6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 32 roster).

Photo-finish peer: South Pittsburg Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Oil Springs Volunteer Fire Department
Oil Springs · volunteer
Red Bush Volunteer Fire Department
Red Bush · volunteer
Rockhouse Volunteer Fire Department
Staffordsville · volunteer
Thelma Volunteer Fire Department
Thelma · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 32 personnel

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

South Pittsburg Volunteer Fire Department, TN 32 Navarino-Lessor Fire Department, WI 32 Clyde Fire Department, NY 32 Sodus Fire Company, NY 32 Ada Fire Department - Central Station, OK 32 City of Marco Island Fire Rescue Department, FL 32 Brunswick Division of Fire, OH 32 City of Hornell Fire Department / City of Hornell Ambulance, NY 32

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does City of Paintsville Fire-Rescue-Emergency Medical Services have?

City of Paintsville Fire-Rescue-Emergency Medical Services has 32 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 52% above the Kentucky average of 21 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #9,009 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within KY, it ranks #188 of 606 by personnel.

Does City of Paintsville Fire-Rescue-Emergency Medical Services provide EMS services?

Yes, City of Paintsville Fire-Rescue-Emergency Medical Services provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does City of Paintsville Fire-Rescue-Emergency Medical Services operate?

City of Paintsville Fire-Rescue-Emergency Medical Services operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is City of Paintsville Fire-Rescue-Emergency Medical Services?

City of Paintsville Fire-Rescue-Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Johnson County, KY. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

How many fire departments are in Kentucky?

Kentucky has 981 fire departments with 20,700 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

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