Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMortons Gap Fire Department
Mortons Gap, KY · Hopkins County. Mortons Gap Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 21 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.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Mortons Gap Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Kentucky average.
- 27th pct.
- national personnel size
- +0%
- 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.
Mortons Gap Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Mortons Gap, KY (Hopkins County), with 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,391 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,391 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #427 of 606
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Hopkins County
Mortons Gap Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 73% higher than 27% 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 54267 · Mortons Gap Fire Department, KY 21 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,391
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Burkettsville Com…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Burkettsville Community Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- Mortons Gap (this dept) 21
- High Titonka Volunteer, IA 21
- Near Burkettsville Com…, OH 21
- Near Claire City Volun…, SD 21
- Near Kirby Volunteer F…, AR 21
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Mortons Gap, KY
- County
- Hopkins County
- FDID
- 54267
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Mortons Gap Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #427 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,391 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster fringe
Mortons Gap Fire Department is 6.0% of Hopkins County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 352 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 31% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Burkettsville Community Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.