Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Maury County Rural Fire Department

Columbia, TN · Maury County. Maury County Rural Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 9 stations and 137 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.

137
Total personnel
9
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Maury County Rural Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Tennessee average.

Top 2%
national personnel size
+471%
vs. Tennessee average
9
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
22/100
Maury County Rural Fire Department

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 D
15.2 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
137 personnel · 9 stations

Maury County Rural Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Columbia, TN (Maury County), with 9 stations and 137 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #501 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #501 of 22,440
  • TN personnel rank #16 of 534
  • 6.57 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 10 other listed departments in Maury County

Maury County Rural Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

137 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 60701 · Maury County Rural Fire Department, TN 137 personnel · 9 stations

PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 137
  • STA-MULTI 9 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #501
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Medford
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Medford Fire Department, MA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Columbia, TN
FDID
60701

Staffing vs the Tennessee average

How Maury County Rural Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #16 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #501 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 471% above the state average
Stations
9
State fire deaths/yr
115
TN departments
921

County roster weight

Maury County Rural Fire Department carries 44.1% of Maury County HIFLD personnel

Among 14 listed departments (311 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 43% of the county count. County / state rollup.

6.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (9 stations / 137 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Medford Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Columbia Fire Department
Columbia · career
Culleoka Fire Department
Culleoka · other
East Maury Rural Fire Department
Columbia · volunteer
Hampshire Fire Department
Hampshire · volunteer
Mount Pleasant Fire Department
Mount Pleasant · volunteer
Mynders Fire Department
Columbia · other
Spring Hill Fire Department
Spring Hill · volunteer
All TN departments →

Nationwide volunteer peers near 137 personnel

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