Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Cookeville Fire Department

Cookeville, TN · Putnam County. Cookeville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 64 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.

64
Total personnel
4
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Cookeville Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Tennessee average.

Top 10%
national personnel size
+167%
vs. Tennessee average
4
stations
$225,455
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
25/100
Cookeville 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 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
64 personnel · 4 stations

Cookeville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Cookeville, TN (Putnam County), with 4 stations and 64 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,297 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $225,455.

  • National personnel rank #2,297 of 22,440
  • TN personnel rank #43 of 534
  • 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 4 other listed departments in Putnam County

Cookeville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

64 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 71333 · Cookeville Fire Department, TN 64 personnel · 4 stations

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

  • PERS-MID 64
  • STA-FEW 4 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #2,297
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Town of Salem
  • FEMA-LIGHT $225K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Town of Salem Fire Department, NH (+ 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
Cookeville, TN
FDID
71333

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2017)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2017 EMW2016FO00972 $225,455

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

Staffing vs the Tennessee average

How Cookeville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #43 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,297 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 167% above the state average
Stations
4
State fire deaths/yr
115
TN departments
921

County roster weight

Cookeville Fire Department carries 36.0% of Putnam County HIFLD personnel

Among 7 listed departments (178 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 43% of the county count. County / state rollup.

6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 64 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Town of Salem Fire Department, NH (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Algood Volunteer Fire Department
Cookeville · other
Baxter Volunteer Fire Department
Baxter · volunteer
Monterey Volunteer Fire Department
Monterey · volunteer
Putnam County Fire Department
Cookeville · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 64 personnel

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

Town of Salem Fire Department, NH 64 Peters Township Fire Company, PA 64 Los Chavez Fire Department, NM 64 McCutchanville Fire Department, IN 64 Middletown Fire Protection District, KY 64 City of Beloit Fire Department, WI 64 Sylvania Township Fire Department, OH 64 Fort Irwin Fire Department, CA 64

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Cookeville Fire Department have?

Cookeville Fire Department has 64 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 167% above the Tennessee average of 24 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #2,297 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within TN, it ranks #43 of 534 by personnel.

Does Cookeville Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Cookeville Fire Department operate?

Cookeville Fire Department operates 4 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Cookeville Fire Department?

Cookeville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Putnam County, TN. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Cookeville Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Cookeville Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $225,455 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2017 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2017.

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.