Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Hendersonville Fire Department

Hendersonville, TN · Sumner County. Hendersonville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 85 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.

85
Total personnel
5
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Hendersonville Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Tennessee average.

Top 6%
national personnel size
+254%
vs. Tennessee average
5
stations
$3,524,865
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
28/100
Hendersonville 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 D
17 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
85 personnel · 5 stations

Hendersonville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Hendersonville, TN (Sumner County), with 5 stations and 85 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,306 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $3,524,865.

  • National personnel rank #1,306 of 22,440
  • TN personnel rank #28 of 534
  • 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 14 other listed departments in Sumner County

Hendersonville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

85 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 83123 · Hendersonville Fire Department, TN 85 personnel · 5 stations

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

  • PERS-MID 85
  • STA-FEW 5 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,306
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Factoryville Fire…
  • FEMA-MID $3.5M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Factoryville Fire Company, PA (+ 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 TN department.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Hendersonville, TN
FDID
83123

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2008–2024)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2024 EMW-2024-FG-05230 $223,415.45
2021 EMW-2021-FG-02420 $176,127.81
2017 EMW-2017-FH-00138 $1,829,178.77
2013 EMW2012FV00919 $315,000
2011 EMW2011FV05468 $315,000
2010 EMW-2010-FV-0327 $675,000
2008 EMW2007FF01215 $-8,857

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

Staffing vs the Tennessee average

How Hendersonville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #28 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,306 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 254% above the state average
Stations
5
State fire deaths/yr
115
TN departments
921

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Sumner County

County mix is mostly volunteer (11 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 85 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Factoryville Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Cottontown Fire Association
Cottontown · volunteer
Gallatin City Fire Department
Gallatin · career
Millersville Fire Department
Millersville · volunteer
Number 1 Volunteer Fire Department
Gallatin · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 85 personnel

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

Factoryville Fire Company, PA 85 Yukon-South Huntingdon Township Volunteer Fire Company, PA 85 Verplanck Fire Department, NY 85 Groton Fire Department, NY 85 Saint Tammany Fire District, LA 85 Provo Fire and Rescue, UT 85 Baltimore-Washington International Fire and Rescue, MD 85 Panama City Fire Department - Central Station, FL 85

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Hendersonville Fire Department have?

Hendersonville Fire Department has 85 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 254% above the Tennessee average of 24 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,306 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within TN, it ranks #28 of 534 by personnel.

Does Hendersonville Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Hendersonville Fire Department operate?

Hendersonville Fire Department operates 5 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Hendersonville Fire Department?

Hendersonville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Sumner County, TN. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Hendersonville Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Hendersonville Fire Department has received 7 FEMA grants totaling $3,524,865.03 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2008–2024 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2024.

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