Department profile
VolunteerOkolona Fire Department
Louisville, KY · Jefferson County. Okolona Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Okolona Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Kentucky average.
- Top 50%
- national personnel size
- +38%
- 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.
Okolona Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Louisville, KY (Jefferson County), with 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,160 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,160 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #238 of 606
- 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
- 26 other listed departments in Jefferson County
Okolona Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 50% higher than 50% 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 56278 · Okolona Fire Department, KY 29 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #11,160
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Candor-Dora-Hobar…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Candor-Dora-Hobart-Vergas Fire and Rescue 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.
- Okolona (this dept) 29
- High West Point Volunt…, IA 29
- Near Candor-Dora-Hobar…, MN 29
- Near Ottertail Fire an…, MN 29
- Near Hamilton County F…, FL 29
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Louisville, KY
- County
- Jefferson County
- FDID
- 56278
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Okolona Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #238 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,160 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
Okolona Fire Department is 1.6% of Jefferson County roster mass
The county lists 40 departments totaling 1,819 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 93% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Candor-Dora-Hobart-Vergas Fire and Rescue Department, MN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.