Department profile
VolunteerFranklin - Simpson Fire Rescue Reserve Station
Franklin, KY · Simpson County. Franklin - Simpson Fire Rescue Reserve Station is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Franklin - Simpson Fire Rescue Reserve Station pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Kentucky average.
- 24th pct.
- national personnel size
- -5%
- 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.
Franklin - Simpson Fire Rescue Reserve Station is a Volunteer department serving Franklin, KY (Simpson County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,053 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,053 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #454 of 606
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 0 other listed departments in Simpson County
Franklin - Simpson Fire Rescue Reserve Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 76% higher than 24% 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 A6925 · Franklin - Simpson Fire Rescue Reserve Station, KY 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #17,053
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 2604 Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 2604 Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 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.
- Franklin - Simpso… (this dept) 20
- High Andover, ME 20
- Near 2604 Volunteer, TX 20
- Near Abilene, KS 20
- Near Alliant Techsyste…, UT 20
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Franklin, KY
- County
- Simpson County
- FDID
- A6925
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Franklin - Simpson Fire Rescue Reserve Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #454 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,053 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster weight
Franklin - Simpson Fire Rescue Reserve Station carries 48.8% of Simpson County HIFLD personnel
Among 2 listed departments (41 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 100% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 2604 Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.