Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderIndependence Fire District
Independence, KY · Kenton County. Independence Fire District is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 52 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.
- 52
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Independence Fire District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kentucky average.
- Top 16%
- national personnel size
- +148%
- vs. Kentucky average
- 3
- stations
- $599,651
- 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.
Independence Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Independence, KY (Kenton County), with 3 stations and 52 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,592 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $599,651.
- National personnel rank #3,592 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #69 of 606
- 5.77 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Kenton County
Independence Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
52 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 59319 · Independence Fire District, KY 52 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 52
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,592
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Shawano Area
- FEMA-MID $600K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Shawano Area Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Independence Fire… (this dept) 52
- High Moraine, OH 52
- Near Shawano Area, WI 52
- Near Hartford Voluntee…, NY 52
- Near Greenwich, NY 52
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Independence, KY
- County
- Kenton County
- FDID
- 59319
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-03563 | $599,656.17 |
| 2009 | EMW2008FF00064 | $-5 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Independence Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #69 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,592 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster fringe
Independence Fire District is 6.1% of Kenton County roster mass
The county lists 19 departments totaling 846 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.77 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 52 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Shawano Area Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 52 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.