Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Fire

Lexington, KY · Fayette County. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Fire is a Career (Paid) department, 23 stations and 558 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.

558
Total personnel
23
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Fire pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kentucky average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+2557%
vs. Kentucky average
23
stations
$9,857,494
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
52/100
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Fire

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 C
24.3 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
558 personnel · 23 stations

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Fire is a Career (Paid) department serving Lexington, KY (Fayette County), with 23 stations and 558 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #48 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $9,857,494.

  • National personnel rank #48 of 22,440
  • KY personnel rank #1 of 606
  • 4.12 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 0 other listed departments in Fayette County

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Fire vs. the national personnel distribution

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

558 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 34155 · Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Fire, KY 558 personnel · 23 stations

PERS-LARGE · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-LARGE 558
  • STA-SYSTEM 23 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #48
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ventura County Fi…
  • FEMA-HEAVY $9.9M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Ventura County Fire Protection District, CA ( -4 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 KY department.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Lexington, KY
FDID
34155

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2011–2023)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2023 EMW-2023-FG-01414 $929,458.11
2022 EMW-2022-FG-00290 $928,655.84
2021 EMW-2021-FF-00394 $4,216,394.7
2021 EMW-2021-FG-10567 $542,400
2017 EMW2016FO04181 $251,369
2016 EMW2015FO03878 $367,912
2011 EMW-2011-FH-0044 $2,621,304

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

Staffing vs the Kentucky average

How Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Fire's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #1 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #48 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 2557% above the state average
Stations
23
State fire deaths/yr
93
KY departments
981

County roster weight

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Fire carries 100.0% of Fayette County HIFLD personnel

Among 2 listed departments (558 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.

4.12 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (23 stations / 558 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Ventura County Fire Protection District, CA (-4 personnel).

Nationwide career peers near 558 personnel

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

Ventura County Fire Protection District, CA 554 Raleigh Fire Department, NC 549 Sacramento City Fire Department, CA 572 Baton Rouge Fire Department - Mechanic Shop, LA 575 Shreveport Fire Department, LA 575 Chesterfield Fire and Emergency Medical Services, VA 533 City of Long Beach Fire Department, CA 521 Columbia Fire Department, SC 520

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Fire have?

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Fire has 558 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 2557% above the Kentucky average of 21 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #48 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within KY, it ranks #1 of 606 by personnel.

Does Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Fire provide EMS services?

Yes, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Fire provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Fire operate?

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Fire operates 23 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Fire?

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Fire is a Career (Paid) department serving Fayette County, KY. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Fire received federal grants?

Yes, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Fire has received 7 FEMA grants totaling $9,857,493.65 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2011–2023 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2023.

How many fire departments are in Kentucky?

Kentucky has 981 fire departments with 20,700 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

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