Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderFairdale Fire Department
Fairdale, KY · Jefferson County. Fairdale Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 89 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.
- 89
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Fairdale Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kentucky average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +324%
- vs. Kentucky 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.
Fairdale Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Fairdale, KY (Jefferson County), with 2 stations and 89 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,196 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,196 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #11 of 606
- 2.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 26 other listed departments in Jefferson County
Fairdale Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
89 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 56284 · Fairdale Fire Department, KY 89 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 89
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,196
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kingston
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Kingston Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Fairdale (this dept) 89
- High Bruceton Mills-Br…, WV 89
- Near Kingston, NY 89
- Near Janesville, WI 89
- Near Town of Mamaroneck, NY 89
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Fairdale, KY
- County
- Jefferson County
- FDID
- 56284
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Fairdale Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #11 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,196 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster fringe
Fairdale Fire Department is 4.9% of Jefferson County roster mass
The county lists 40 departments totaling 1,819 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 93% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 89 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Kingston Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 89 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.