Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderEast Marshall Fire Department
Gilbertsville, KY · Marshall County. East Marshall Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 38 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.
- 38
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
East Marshall Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Kentucky average.
- Top 30%
- national personnel size
- +81%
- vs. Kentucky average
- 3
- 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.
East Marshall Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Gilbertsville, KY (Marshall County), with 3 stations and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,724 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,724 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #132 of 606
- 7.89 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Marshall County
East Marshall Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
38 Top 30% higher than 70% 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 79403 · East Marshall Fire Department, KY 38 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 38
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,724
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Waldens Creek Vol…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Waldens Creek Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+ 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 KY department.
- East Marshall (this dept) 38
- High Macedonia Volunte…, IA 38
- Near Waldens Creek Vol…, TN 38
- Near Burghill -Vernon…, OH 38
- Near Clarkson-Fame Vol…, MS 38
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Gilbertsville, KY
- County
- Marshall County
- FDID
- 79403
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How East Marshall Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #132 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,724 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster geometry
Marshall County HIFLD mix around East Marshall Fire Department
Marshall County: 16 departments, 192 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 88% of departments. County / state rollup.
7.89 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 38 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Waldens Creek Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 38 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.