Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Middletown Fire Protection District

Louisville, KY · Jefferson County. Middletown Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 64 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.

64
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Middletown Fire Protection District pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kentucky average.

Top 10%
national personnel size
+205%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
72/100
Middletown Fire Protection District

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 B
32 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
64 personnel · 2 stations

Middletown Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Louisville, KY (Jefferson County), with 2 stations and 64 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,319 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #2,319 of 22,440
  • KY personnel rank #33 of 606
  • 3.13 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 26 other listed departments in Jefferson County

Middletown Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

64 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 56293 · Middletown Fire Protection District, KY 64 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 64
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #2,319
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ New Lebanon
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: New Lebanon Fire Department, OH (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Louisville, KY
FDID
56293

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2013)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2013 EMW2012FF00331 $0

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Kentucky average

How Middletown Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #33 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,319 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 205% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
93
KY departments
981

County roster fringe

Middletown Fire Protection District is 3.5% of Jefferson County roster mass

The county lists 40 departments totaling 1,819 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 93% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 64 roster).

Photo-finish peer: New Lebanon Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Buechel Fire Protection District
Louisville · volunteer
Camp Taylor Fire District
Louisville · volunteer
Dixie Suburban Fire Department
Louisville · volunteer
Eastwood Fire Department
Fisherville · other
Fairdale Fire Department
Louisville · other
Fairdale Fire Department
Fairdale · volunteer
Fern Creek Fire Department
Louisville · career
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Nationwide career peers near 64 personnel

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

New Lebanon Fire Department, OH 64 Houma Fire Department - South Houma Memorial Station, LA 64 Suedberg Community Fire Company, PA 64 City of Beloit Fire Department, WI 64 Sylvania Township Fire Department, OH 64 Cookeville Fire Department, TN 64 Town of Salem Fire Department, NH 64 Fort Irwin Fire Department, CA 64

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Middletown Fire Protection District have?

Middletown Fire Protection District has 64 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 205% above the Kentucky average of 21 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #2,319 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within KY, it ranks #33 of 606 by personnel.

Does Middletown Fire Protection District provide EMS services?

Yes, Middletown Fire Protection District provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Middletown Fire Protection District operate?

Middletown Fire Protection District operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Middletown Fire Protection District?

Middletown Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Jefferson County, KY. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Middletown Fire Protection District received federal grants?

Yes, Middletown Fire Protection District has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $0 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2013 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2013.

How many fire departments are in Kentucky?

Kentucky has 981 fire departments with 20,700 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.