Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNorth Metcalfe Volunteer Fire Department
Center, KY · Metcalfe County. North Metcalfe Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 70 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.
- 70
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
North Metcalfe Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kentucky average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +233%
- 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.
North Metcalfe Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Center, KY (Metcalfe County), with 1 station and 70 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,941 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,941 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #26 of 606
- 1.43 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Metcalfe County
North Metcalfe Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
70 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 85713 · North Metcalfe Volunteer Fire Department, KY 70 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 70
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,941
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Granite Falls
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Granite Falls Fire Department, MN (+ 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.
- North Metcalfe Vo… (this dept) 70
- High Penn Yan, NY 70
- Near Granite Falls, MN 70
- Near Eureka Volunteer…, PA 70
- Near North Codorus Tow…, PA 70
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Center, KY
- County
- Metcalfe County
- FDID
- 85713
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How North Metcalfe Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #26 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,941 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster weight
North Metcalfe Volunteer Fire Department carries 49.6% of Metcalfe County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (141 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 75% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.43 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 70 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Granite Falls Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 70 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.