Department profile

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Friendsville Volunteer Fire Department

Friendsville, TN · Blount County. Friendsville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 30 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.

30
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Friendsville Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Tennessee average.

Top 45%
national personnel size
+25%
vs. Tennessee average
1
station
$481,366
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
63/100
Friendsville Volunteer Fire Department

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 B
30 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 C
$16,046 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
30 personnel · 1 station

Friendsville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Friendsville, TN (Blount County), with 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,165 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $481,366.

  • National personnel rank #10,165 of 22,440
  • TN personnel rank #193 of 534
  • 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 6 other listed departments in Blount County

Friendsville Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

30 Top 45% higher than 55% 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 05131 · Friendsville Volunteer Fire Department, TN 30 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 30
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #10,165
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brogden Volunteer
  • FEMA-LIGHT $481K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Brogden Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+ 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 TN department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Friendsville, TN
FDID
05131

FEMA Grant History

$481K
Cumulative funding (FY2018–2022)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2022 EMW-2022-FG-03664 $207,221.94
2018 EMW-2018-FV-00761 $274,144

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

Staffing vs the Tennessee average

How Friendsville Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #193 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,165 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 25% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
115
TN departments
921

County roster geometry

Blount County HIFLD mix around Friendsville Volunteer Fire Department

Blount County: 10 departments, 225 personnel (3 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 80% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Brogden Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Alcoa Fire Department
Alcoa · career
City of Maryville Fire Department
Maryville · career
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel

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

Brogden Volunteer Fire Department, NC 30 Franklin Community Volunteer Fire Department, WV 30 Maple Grove Township Fire Department, MI 30 Follansbee Volunteer Fire Department, WV 30 Freetown Fire and Rescue, MA 30 Goshen Volunteer Fire Company, NJ 30 Flint City Volunteer Fire Department, AL 30 Richland Area Fire Department, OH 30

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Friendsville Volunteer Fire Department have?

Friendsville Volunteer Fire Department has 30 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 25% above the Tennessee average of 24 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #10,165 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within TN, it ranks #193 of 534 by personnel.

Does Friendsville Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Friendsville Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Friendsville Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Friendsville Volunteer Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Friendsville Volunteer Fire Department?

Friendsville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Blount County, TN. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Friendsville Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Friendsville Volunteer Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $481,365.94 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2018–2022 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2022.

How many fire departments are in Tennessee?

Tennessee has 921 fire departments with 22,125 total personnel. 52% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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