Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMercer Central Fire Department
Harrodsburg, KY · Mercer County. Mercer Central Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 7 stations and 161 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.
- 161
- Total personnel
- 7
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Mercer Central Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kentucky average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +667%
- vs. Kentucky average
- 7
- 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.
Mercer Central Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Harrodsburg, KY (Mercer County), with 7 stations and 161 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #355 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #355 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #4 of 606
- 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Mercer County
Mercer Central Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
161 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 84980 · Mercer Central Fire Department, KY 161 personnel · 7 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 161
- STA-MULTI 7 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #355
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Huntington Beach
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Huntington Beach Fire Department, CA (+ 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.
- Mercer Central (this dept) 161
- High Jones County, GA 161
- Near Huntington Beach, CA 161
- Low Wayne County Volu…, MS 160
- Near Rhea County, TN 160
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Harrodsburg, KY
- County
- Mercer County
- FDID
- 84980
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Mercer Central Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #4 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #355 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 7
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster weight
Mercer Central Fire Department carries 46.1% of Mercer County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (349 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 80% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (7 stations / 161 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Huntington Beach Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 161 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.