Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMadison County Fire Department
Richmond, KY · Madison County. Madison County Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 152 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.
- 152
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Madison County Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kentucky average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +624%
- vs. Kentucky average
- 2
- stations
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.
Madison County Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Richmond, KY (Madison County), with 2 stations and 152 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #399 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #399 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #5 of 606
- 1.32 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Madison County
Madison County Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
152 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 76387 · Madison County Fire Department, KY 152 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 152
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #399
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Whitehall Townshi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Whitehall Township Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 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.
- Madison County (this dept) 152
- High Bloomington, MN 152
- Near Whitehall Townshi…, PA 152
- Near Robert Fulton Fir…, PA 152
- Near Scranton, PA 152
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Richmond, KY
- County
- Madison County
- FDID
- 76387
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Madison County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #5 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #399 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster weight
Madison County Fire Department carries 42.2% of Madison County HIFLD personnel
Among 11 listed departments (360 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 45% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.32 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 152 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Whitehall Township Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 152 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.