Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderFort Wright Fire and Ambulance Service
Fort Wright, KY · Kenton County. Fort Wright Fire and Ambulance Service is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 67 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.
- 67
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Fort Wright Fire and Ambulance Service pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kentucky average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +219%
- 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.
Fort Wright Fire and Ambulance Service is a Volunteer department serving Fort Wright, KY (Kenton County), with 1 station and 67 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,090 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,090 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #31 of 606
- 1.49 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Kenton County
Fort Wright Fire and Ambulance Service vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
67 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 59318 · Fort Wright Fire and Ambulance Service, KY 67 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 67
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,090
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fort Edward
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Fort Edward 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.
- Fort Wright Fire… (this dept) 67
- High Fredericksburg, VA 67
- Near Fort Edward, NY 67
- Near Perry Volunteer, NY 67
- Near Butler Township, OH 67
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Fort Wright, KY
- County
- Kenton County
- FDID
- 59318
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Fort Wright Fire and Ambulance Service's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #31 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,090 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster fringe
Fort Wright Fire and Ambulance Service is 7.9% of Kenton County roster mass
The county lists 19 departments totaling 846 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.49 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 67 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Fort Edward Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 67 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.