Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Lawrenceburg Fire Department

Lawrenceburg, TN · Lawrence County. Lawrenceburg Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 33 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.

33
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Lawrenceburg Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Tennessee average.

Top 39%
national personnel size
+38%
vs. Tennessee average
2
stations
$1,300,740
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
27/100
Lawrenceburg 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
16.5 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
33 personnel · 2 stations

Lawrenceburg Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Lawrenceburg, TN (Lawrence County), with 2 stations and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,750 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,300,740.

  • National personnel rank #8,750 of 22,440
  • TN personnel rank #161 of 534
  • 6.06 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 15 other listed departments in Lawrence County

Lawrenceburg Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

33 Top 39% higher than 61% 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 50233 · Lawrenceburg Fire Department, TN 33 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-SMALL 33
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #8,750
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Seneca Falls
  • FEMA-MID $1.3M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Seneca Falls Fire Department, NY (+ 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
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Lawrenceburg, TN
FDID
50233

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2015–2018)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2018 EMW2016FH00123 $293,356.32
2018 EMW-2018-FV-00559 $271,429
2017 EMW-2017-FF-00261 $326,621
2015 EMW2014FR00047 $409,334

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

Staffing vs the Tennessee average

How Lawrenceburg Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #161 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,750 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 38% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
115
TN departments
921

County staffing outlier

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

County mix is mostly volunteer (11 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

6.06 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 33 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Seneca Falls Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Crossroads Fire Department
Leoma · volunteer
Ethridge Volunteer Fire Department
Ethridge · volunteer
Gandy Volunteer Fire Department
Lawrenceburg · volunteer
Henryville Volunteer Fire Department
Summertown · volunteer
Leoma Fire and Rescue
Leoma · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 33 personnel

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

Seneca Falls Fire Department, NY 33 Monroe Fire Department, IA 33 Hildreth Rural Fire Protection District, NE 33 Brookline Fire Department, NH 33 Speedway Fire Department, IN 33 Beach Grove Fire Department, IN 33 Brookhaven National Laboratory Fire Department, NY 33 Will Rogers World Airport Fire Department, OK 33

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Lawrenceburg Fire Department have?

Lawrenceburg Fire Department has 33 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 38% above the Tennessee average of 24 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #8,750 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within TN, it ranks #161 of 534 by personnel.

Does Lawrenceburg Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Lawrenceburg Fire Department operate?

Lawrenceburg Fire Department operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Lawrenceburg Fire Department?

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

Has Lawrenceburg Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Lawrenceburg Fire Department has received 4 FEMA grants totaling $1,300,740.32 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2015–2018 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2018.

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.