Department profile
VolunteerLake City Fire Department
Lake City, TN · Anderson County. Lake City Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Lake City Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Tennessee average.
- 23rd pct.
- national personnel size
- -17%
- vs. Tennessee 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.
Lake City Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Lake City, TN (Anderson County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,233 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,233 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #386 of 534
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 11 other listed departments in Anderson County
Lake City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 77% higher than 23% 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 01123 · Lake City Fire Department, TN 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #17,233
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mizpah Volunteer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Mizpah Volunteer Fire Company, NJ (+ 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.
- Lake City (this dept) 20
- High Buchanan Township, MI 20
- Near Mizpah Volunteer…, NJ 20
- Near Weymouth Voluntee…, NJ 20
- Near Sodus Township Vo…, MI 20
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lake City, TN
- County
- Anderson County
- FDID
- 01123
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How Lake City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #386 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,233 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County roster fringe
Lake City Fire Department is 6.3% of Anderson County roster mass
The county lists 14 departments totaling 319 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 50% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Mizpah Volunteer Fire Company, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.