Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderOwensboro Fire Department
Owensboro, KY · Daviess County. Owensboro Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 98 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.
- 98
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Owensboro Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kentucky average.
- Top 4%
- national personnel size
- +367%
- vs. Kentucky average
- 5
- 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.
Owensboro Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Owensboro, KY (Daviess County), with 5 stations and 98 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #999 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #999 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #10 of 606
- 5.10 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Daviess County
Owensboro Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
98 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 30140 · Owensboro Fire Department, KY 98 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 98
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #999
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ LA Crosse
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: LA Crosse Fire Department, WI (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Owensboro (this dept) 98
- High Eau Claire, WI 98
- Near LA Crosse, WI 98
- Near Wilkes-Barre, PA 98
- Near Idaho Falls, ID 98
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Owensboro, KY
- County
- Daviess County
- FDID
- 30140
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Owensboro Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #10 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #999 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster weight
Owensboro Fire Department carries 46.4% of Daviess County HIFLD personnel
Among 8 listed departments (211 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.10 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 98 roster).
Photo-finish peer: LA Crosse Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 98 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.