Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNiota Volunteer Fire Department
Niota, TN · Mcminn County. Niota Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 30 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.
- 30
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Niota Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Tennessee average.
- Top 47%
- national personnel size
- +25%
- vs. Tennessee average
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.
Niota Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Niota, TN (Mcminn County) and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,496 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,496 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #203 of 534
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Mcminn County
Niota Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 47% higher than 53% 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 54163 · Niota Volunteer Fire Department, TN 30 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #10,496
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Community Fire Co…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Community Fire Company - New Ringgold, PA (+ 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.
- Niota Volunteer (this dept) 30
- High Hoven Volunteer F…, SD 30
- Near Community Fire Co…, PA 30
- Near Pond Creek Volunt…, WV 30
- Near Pawnee City, NE 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Niota, TN
- County
- Mcminn County
- FDID
- 54163
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How Niota Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #203 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,496 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County roster geometry
Mcminn County HIFLD mix around Niota Volunteer Fire Department
Mcminn County: 10 departments, 187 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 90% of departments. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Community Fire Company - New Ringgold, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.