Department profile
VolunteerFlatwoods Volunteer Fire Department
Flatwoods, KY · Greenup County. Flatwoods Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 44 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 44
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Flatwoods Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kentucky average.
- Top 23%
- national personnel size
- +110%
- vs. Kentucky 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.
Flatwoods Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Flatwoods, KY (Greenup County), with 1 station and 44 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,122 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,122 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #100 of 606
- 2.27 stations per 100 personnel
- 11 other listed departments in Greenup County
Flatwoods Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
44 Top 23% higher than 77% 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 45202 · Flatwoods Volunteer Fire Department, KY 44 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 44
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #5,122
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rensselaer Falls…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Rensselaer Falls Volunteer 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.
- Flatwoods Volunte… (this dept) 44
- High Stewart, MN 44
- Near Rensselaer Falls…, NY 44
- Near Shiocton-Bovina, WI 44
- Near Fredonia Volunteer, PA 44
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Flatwoods, KY
- County
- Greenup County
- FDID
- 45202
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Flatwoods Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #100 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,122 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster geometry
Greenup County HIFLD mix around Flatwoods Volunteer Fire Department
Greenup County: 14 departments, 320 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 43% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.27 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 44 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Rensselaer Falls Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 44 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.