Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderDry Run Volunteer Fire Department
Butler, TN · Johnson County. Dry Run Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 45 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.
- 45
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Dry Run Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Tennessee average.
- Top 21%
- national personnel size
- +88%
- vs. Tennessee average
- 2
- stations
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.
Dry Run Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Butler, TN (Johnson County), with 2 stations and 45 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,795 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,795 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #85 of 534
- 4.44 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Johnson County
Dry Run Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
45 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 46171 · Dry Run Volunteer Fire Department, TN 45 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 45
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,795
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Perkiomen Townshi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Perkiomen Township Fire Company, PA (+ 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.
- Dry Run Volunteer (this dept) 45
- High Good Will Fire Co…, PA 45
- Near Perkiomen Townshi…, PA 45
- Near Colmar Fire Compa…, PA 45
- Near Glenside Fire Com…, PA 45
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Butler, TN
- County
- Johnson County
- FDID
- 46171
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How Dry Run Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #85 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,795 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County roster weight
Dry Run Volunteer Fire Department carries 29.8% of Johnson County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (151 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 56% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.44 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 45 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Perkiomen Township Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 45 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.