Department profile
VolunteerDecatur County Volunteer Fire Department
Sugar Tree, TN · Decatur County. Decatur County Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Decatur County Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Tennessee average.
- 10th pct.
- national personnel size
- -37%
- vs. Tennessee 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.
Decatur County Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Sugar Tree, TN (Decatur County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,099 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,099 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #467 of 534
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Decatur County
Decatur County Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 90% higher than 10% 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 20821 · Decatur County Volunteer Fire Department, TN 15 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #20,099
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Paragonah Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Paragonah Volunteer Fire Department, UT (+ 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 TN department.
- Decatur County Vo… (this dept) 15
- High Marlow, NH 15
- Near Paragonah Volunte…, UT 15
- Near Beryl, UT 15
- Near Butler Volunteer…, OK 15
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Sugar Tree, TN
- County
- Decatur County
- FDID
- 20821
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How Decatur County Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #467 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,099 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County roster fringe
Decatur County Volunteer Fire Department is 8.7% of Decatur County roster mass
The county lists 9 departments totaling 172 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 11% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Paragonah Volunteer Fire Department, UT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.