Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderLinwood Volunteer Fire Department
Magnolia, KY · Hart County. Linwood Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 17 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.
- 17
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Linwood Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Kentucky average.
- 14th pct.
- national personnel size
- -19%
- vs. Kentucky 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.
Linwood Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Magnolia, KY (Hart County), with 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,188 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,188 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #533 of 606
- 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Hart County
Linwood Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
17 Top 86% higher than 14% 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 50244 · Linwood Volunteer Fire Department, KY 17 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 17
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #19,188
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fordville Rural F…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Fordville Rural Fire Protection District, ND (+ 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 KY department.
- Linwood Volunteer (this dept) 17
- High Rosston Fire Stat…, AR 17
- Near Fordville Rural F…, ND 17
- Near Coteau Holmes Vol…, LA 17
- Near Riverton Volunteer, NE 17
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Magnolia, KY
- County
- Hart County
- FDID
- 50244
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Linwood Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #533 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,188 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster geometry
Hart County HIFLD mix around Linwood Volunteer Fire Department
Hart County: 8 departments, 156 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 88% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 17 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Fordville Rural Fire Protection District, ND (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 17 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.