Department profile

Volunteer

Dunlap Volunteer Fire Department

Dunlap, TN · Sequatchie County. Dunlap Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 40 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

40
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Dunlap Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Tennessee average.

Top 27%
national personnel size
+67%
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
83/100
Dunlap Volunteer 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 A
40 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
40 personnel · 1 station

Dunlap Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Dunlap, TN (Sequatchie County), with 1 station and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,978 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #5,978 of 22,440
  • TN personnel rank #107 of 534
  • 2.50 stations per 100 personnel
  • 6 other listed departments in Sequatchie County

Dunlap Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

40 Top 27% higher than 73% 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 77111 · Dunlap Volunteer Fire Department, TN 40 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 40
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #5,978
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lewis Township Vo…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Lewis Township Volunteer Fire and Rescue, 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 TN department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Dunlap, TN
FDID
77111

Staffing vs the Tennessee average

How Dunlap Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #107 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,978 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 67% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
115
TN departments
921

County roster weight

Dunlap Volunteer Fire Department carries 62.5% of Sequatchie County HIFLD personnel

Among 7 listed departments (64 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 43% of the county count. County / state rollup.

2.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 40 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Lewis Township Volunteer Fire and Rescue, IA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel

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