Department profile
VolunteerLimestone Cove Volunteer Fire Department
Unicoi, TN · Unicoi County. Limestone Cove Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 38
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Limestone Cove Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Tennessee average.
- Top 30%
- national personnel size
- +58%
- 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.
Limestone Cove Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Unicoi, TN (Unicoi County), with 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,780 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,780 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #124 of 534
- 2.63 stations per 100 personnel
- 4 other listed departments in Unicoi County
Limestone Cove Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
38 Top 30% higher than 70% 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 86171 · Limestone Cove Volunteer Fire Department, TN 38 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 38
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #6,780
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tama
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Tama Fire Department, IA (+ 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.
- Limestone Cove Vo… (this dept) 38
- High Twin Falls Fire D…, ID 38
- Near Tama, IA 38
- Near Troy Township Vol…, OH 38
- Near McCutchenville Fi…, OH 38
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Unicoi, TN
- County
- Unicoi County
- FDID
- 86171
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How Limestone Cove Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #124 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,780 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County roster weight
Limestone Cove Volunteer Fire Department carries 34.9% of Unicoi County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (109 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 60% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.63 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 38 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Tama Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 38 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.