Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCity of Shelbyville Fire Department
Shelbyville, KY · Shelby County. City of Shelbyville Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 50 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.
- 50
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Shelbyville Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kentucky average.
- Top 17%
- national personnel size
- +138%
- vs. Kentucky average
- 2
- stations
- $1,059,942
- 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 Shelbyville Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Shelbyville, KY (Shelby County), with 2 stations and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,833 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,059,942.
- National personnel rank #3,833 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #74 of 606
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Shelby County
City of Shelbyville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
50 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 A5548 · City of Shelbyville Fire Department, KY 50 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 50
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,833
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Augusta Departmen…
- FEMA-MID $1.1M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Augusta Department of Safety, KS (+ 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 Shelbyvil… (this dept) 50
- High Crestwood, IL 50
- Near Augusta Departmen…, KS 50
- Near Braidwood Volunte…, IL 50
- Near Coal Valley Fire…, IL 50
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Shelbyville, KY
- County
- Shelby County
- FDID
- A5548
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FG-00796 | $277,904.76 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FF00504 | $594,317 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FO00483 | $187,720 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How City of Shelbyville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #74 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,833 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
Shelby County HIFLD mix around City of Shelbyville Fire Department
Shelby County: 11 departments, 237 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 82% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 50 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Augusta Department of Safety, KS (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 50 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.