Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderOakland Fire Department
Oakland, TN · Fayette County. Oakland Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 46 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.
- 46
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Oakland Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Tennessee average.
- Top 21%
- national personnel size
- +92%
- vs. Tennessee 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.
Oakland Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Oakland, TN (Fayette County), with 1 station and 46 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,652 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,652 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #79 of 534
- 2.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Fayette County
Oakland Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 24191 · Oakland Fire Department, TN 46 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 46
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,652
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Napoleon Rural Fi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Napoleon Rural Fire Protection District, ND (+ 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.
- Oakland (this dept) 46
- High Plain Township, OH 46
- Near Napoleon Rural Fi…, ND 46
- Near Worthington Volun…, WV 46
- Near Plaquemine Fire D…, LA 46
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Oakland, TN
- County
- Fayette County
- FDID
- 24191
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How Oakland Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #79 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,652 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County roster weight
Oakland Fire Department carries 32.9% of Fayette County HIFLD personnel
Among 10 listed departments (140 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 70% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 46 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Napoleon Rural Fire Protection District, ND (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 46 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.