Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderLimestone Volunteer Fire Department
Limestone, TN · Washington County. Limestone Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 60 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.
- 60
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Limestone Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Tennessee average.
- Top 12%
- national personnel size
- +150%
- 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 Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Limestone, TN (Washington County), with 1 station and 60 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,639 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,639 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #50 of 534
- 1.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Washington County
Limestone Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
60 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 90821 · Limestone Volunteer Fire Department, TN 60 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 60
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,639
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bowling Green Div…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bowling Green Division of Fire, OH (+ 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 Volunte… (this dept) 60
- High Forkston-Windom-M…, PA 60
- Near Bowling Green Div…, OH 60
- Near Staunton Fire and…, VA 60
- Near Londonderry Fire…, NH 60
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Limestone, TN
- County
- Washington County
- FDID
- 90821
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How Limestone Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #50 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,639 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County roster geometry
Washington County HIFLD mix around Limestone Volunteer Fire Department
Washington County: 9 departments, 361 personnel (7 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 78% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 60 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bowling Green Division of Fire, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 60 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.