Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNichols Fire District
Shepherdsville, KY · Bullitt County. Nichols Fire District is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 32 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.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Nichols Fire District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Kentucky average.
- Top 41%
- national personnel size
- +52%
- vs. Kentucky average
- 4
- 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.
Nichols Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Shepherdsville, KY (Bullitt County), with 4 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,234 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,234 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #191 of 606
- 12.50 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Bullitt County
Nichols Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 41% higher than 59% 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 15069 · Nichols Fire District, KY 32 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,234
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rollins Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Rollins Volunteer Fire Department, MT (+ 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.
- Nichols Fire Dist… (this dept) 32
- High Cocke County, TN 32
- Near Rollins Volunteer, MT 32
- Near Sandersville, GA 32
- Near Centerview Volunt…, TN 32
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Shepherdsville, KY
- County
- Bullitt County
- FDID
- 15069
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Nichols Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #191 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,234 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster geometry
Bullitt County HIFLD mix around Nichols Fire District
Bullitt County: 9 departments, 209 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 78% of departments. County / state rollup.
12.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Rollins Volunteer Fire Department, MT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.