Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Clarksville Fire Rescue

Clarksville, TN · Montgomery County. Clarksville Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 10 stations and 184 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.

184
Total personnel
10
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Clarksville Fire Rescue pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Tennessee average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+667%
vs. Tennessee average
10
stations
$3,286,388
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
33/100
Clarksville Fire Rescue

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
18.4 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
184 personnel · 10 stations

Clarksville Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Clarksville, TN (Montgomery County), with 10 stations and 184 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #268 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $3,286,388.

  • National personnel rank #268 of 22,440
  • TN personnel rank #6 of 534
  • 5.43 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 6 other listed departments in Montgomery County

Clarksville Fire Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

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

184 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 63412 · Clarksville Fire Rescue, TN 184 personnel · 10 stations

PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 184
  • STA-MULTI 10 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #268
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Reading Fire and…
  • FEMA-MID $3.3M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Reading Fire and Rescue Rainbow - Junior Fire Company, PA (+ 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
CAREER
Location
Clarksville, TN
FDID
63412

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2006–2019)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2019 EMW-2019-FF-00994 $2,713,365
2017 EMW2016FO02716 $435,642
2007 EMW2006FF03284 $-80,943
2006 EMW-2006-FF-0328 $218,324

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

Staffing vs the Tennessee average

How Clarksville Fire Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #6 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #268 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 667% above the state average
Stations
10
State fire deaths/yr
115
TN departments
921

County roster weight

Clarksville Fire Rescue carries 100.0% of Montgomery County HIFLD personnel

Among 8 listed departments (184 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.

5.43 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (10 stations / 184 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Reading Fire and Rescue Rainbow - Junior Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Cunningham Volunteer Fire Service
Cunningham · other
Montgomery Rescue Squad
Clarksville · other
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Nationwide career peers near 184 personnel

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

Reading Fire and Rescue Rainbow - Junior Fire Company, PA 184 City of Everett Fire Department - Adminstration Office, WA 184 Harrison County Fire Service - Lizana Volunteer Fire Department, MS 184 City of Nashua Fire and Rescue, NH 185 Hammond Fire Department, IN 185 Casper Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, WY 183 Bossier City Fire Department, LA 185 City of Vancouver Fire Department, WA 183

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Clarksville Fire Rescue have?

Clarksville Fire Rescue has 184 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 667% above the Tennessee average of 24 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #268 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within TN, it ranks #6 of 534 by personnel.

Does Clarksville Fire Rescue provide EMS services?

Yes, Clarksville Fire Rescue provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Clarksville Fire Rescue operate?

Clarksville Fire Rescue operates 10 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Clarksville Fire Rescue?

Clarksville Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Montgomery County, TN. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Clarksville Fire Rescue received federal grants?

Yes, Clarksville Fire Rescue has received 4 FEMA grants totaling $3,286,388 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2006–2019 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2019.

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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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.