Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderClarkson Volunteer Fire Department
Clarkson, KY · Grayson County. Clarkson Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 31 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.
- 31
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Clarkson Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Kentucky average.
- Top 42%
- national personnel size
- +48%
- vs. Kentucky average
- 1
- station
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.
Clarkson Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Clarkson, KY (Grayson County), with 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,496 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,496 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #201 of 606
- 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Grayson County
Clarkson Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
31 Top 42% higher than 58% 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 43195 · Clarkson Volunteer Fire Department, KY 31 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 31
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,496
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ellenboro Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ellenboro Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+ 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.
- Clarkson Volunteer (this dept) 31
- High Littleton, NH 31
- Near Ellenboro Volunte…, WV 31
- Near Pine Lake, WI 31
- Near Heuck's Retreat C…, MS 31
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Clarkson, KY
- County
- Grayson County
- FDID
- 43195
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Clarkson Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #201 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,496 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster geometry
Grayson County HIFLD mix around Clarkson Volunteer Fire Department
Grayson County: 9 departments, 140 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 89% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ellenboro Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 31 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.