Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCookson Volunteer Fire Department
Cookson, OK · Cherokee County. Cookson Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 24 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.
- 24
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Cookson Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount more than double the Oklahoma average.
- 36th pct.
- national personnel size
- +100%
- vs. Oklahoma average
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.
Cookson Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Cookson, OK (Cherokee County) and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,319 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,319 of 22,440
- OK personnel rank #116 of 513
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 16 other listed departments in Cherokee County
Cookson Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
24 Top 64% higher than 36% 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 11003 · Cookson Volunteer Fire Department, OK 24 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 24
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #14,319
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sioux Rapids
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sioux Rapids Fire Department, IA (+ 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 OK department.
- Cookson Volunteer (this dept) 24
- High Fall River Volunt…, WI 24
- Near Sioux Rapids, IA 24
- Near Talmage Community, NE 24
- Near Poland Community…, IN 24
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Cookson, OK
- County
- Cherokee County
- FDID
- 11003
Staffing vs the Oklahoma average
How Cookson Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oklahoma. In-state it ranks #116 of 513 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,319 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- OK departments
- 1,049
County roster geometry
Cherokee County HIFLD mix around Cookson Volunteer Fire Department
Cherokee County: 20 departments, 210 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 45% of departments. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Sioux Rapids Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 24 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OK department.