Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Frankfort Fire and Emergency Medical Services

Frankfort, KY · Franklin County. Frankfort Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 88 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.

88
Total personnel
4
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Frankfort Fire and Emergency Medical Services pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kentucky average.

Top 5%
national personnel size
+319%
vs. Kentucky average
4
stations
$429,593
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
45/100
Frankfort Fire and Emergency Medical Services

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 C
22 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
88 personnel · 4 stations

Frankfort Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Frankfort, KY (Franklin County), with 4 stations and 88 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,218 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $429,593.

  • National personnel rank #1,218 of 22,440
  • KY personnel rank #13 of 606
  • 4.55 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 1 other listed department in Franklin County

Frankfort Fire and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution

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

88 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 37170 · Frankfort Fire and Emergency Medical Services, KY 88 personnel · 4 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 88
  • STA-FEW 4 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,218
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Washingtonville
  • FEMA-LIGHT $430K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Washingtonville Fire Department, NY (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Frankfort, KY
FDID
37170

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2012–2020)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2020 EMW-2020-FG-10280 $190,375.45
2012 EMW-2012-FO-0662 $239,218

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Kentucky average

How Frankfort Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #13 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,218 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 319% above the state average
Stations
4
State fire deaths/yr
93
KY departments
981

County roster weight

Frankfort Fire and Emergency Medical Services carries 66.2% of Franklin County HIFLD personnel

Among 4 listed departments (133 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.

4.55 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 88 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Washingtonville Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Franklin County Fire Department
Frankfort · career
All KY departments →

Nationwide career peers near 88 personnel

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

Washingtonville Fire Department, NY 88 Cronomer Valley Fire Department, NY 88 Freeland Fire Department, PA 88 Rome Fire Department, NY 88 Placer County Fire Department, CA 88 Farmington Fire Department, NM 88 Decatur Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN 88 Norwich Township Fire Department, OH 88

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Frankfort Fire and Emergency Medical Services have?

Frankfort Fire and Emergency Medical Services has 88 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 319% above the Kentucky average of 21 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,218 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within KY, it ranks #13 of 606 by personnel.

Does Frankfort Fire and Emergency Medical Services provide EMS services?

Yes, Frankfort Fire and Emergency Medical Services provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Frankfort Fire and Emergency Medical Services operate?

Frankfort Fire and Emergency Medical Services operates 4 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Frankfort Fire and Emergency Medical Services?

Frankfort Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Franklin County, KY. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Frankfort Fire and Emergency Medical Services received federal grants?

Yes, Frankfort Fire and Emergency Medical Services has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $429,593.45 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2012–2020 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2020.

How many fire departments are in Kentucky?

Kentucky has 981 fire departments with 20,700 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.