Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderGeorgetown City Fire Department
Georgetown, KY · Scott County. Georgetown City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 61 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.
- 61
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Georgetown City Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kentucky average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +190%
- vs. Kentucky average
- 3
- stations
- $260,291
- 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.
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.
Georgetown City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Georgetown, KY (Scott County), with 3 stations and 61 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,498 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $260,291.
- National personnel rank #2,498 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #37 of 606
- 4.92 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Scott County
Georgetown City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
61 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 A4540 · Georgetown City Fire Department, KY 61 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 61
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,498
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Barrington
- FEMA-LIGHT $260K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Barrington Fire Department, IL (+ 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.
- Georgetown City (this dept) 61
- High Durham, ME 61
- Near Barrington, IL 61
- Near Bartlett Fire Pro…, IL 61
- Near Brenham, TX 61
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Georgetown, KY
- County
- Scott County
- FDID
- A4540
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | EMW2014FO02155 | $260,291 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Georgetown City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #37 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,498 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster weight
Georgetown City Fire Department carries 39.4% of Scott County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (155 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 33% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.92 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 61 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Barrington Fire Department, IL (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 61 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.