Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHawesville Volunteer Fire Department
Hawesville, KY · Hancock County. Hawesville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 28 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.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Hawesville Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Kentucky average.
- 49th pct.
- national personnel size
- +33%
- 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.
Hawesville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Hawesville, KY (Hancock County), with 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,519 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,519 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #251 of 606
- 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Hancock County
Hawesville Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 51% higher than 49% 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 46210 · Hawesville Volunteer Fire Department, KY 28 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,519
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West End Fire Com…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West End Fire Company, PA (+ 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.
- Hawesville Volunt… (this dept) 28
- High Valley Rural, MT 28
- Near West End Fire Com…, PA 28
- Near Chimney Rock Volu…, OK 28
- Near Bellefontaine Fir…, OH 28
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Hawesville, KY
- County
- Hancock County
- FDID
- 46210
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Hawesville Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #251 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,519 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
Hawesville Volunteer Fire Department carries 34.1% of Hancock County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (82 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 100% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West End Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.