Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPalma - Briensburg Fire Department
Benton, KY · Marshall County. Palma - Briensburg Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 34 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.
- 34
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Palma - Briensburg Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Kentucky average.
- Top 38%
- national personnel size
- +62%
- vs. Kentucky average
- 2
- 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.
Palma - Briensburg Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Benton, KY (Marshall County), with 2 stations and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,451 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,451 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #171 of 606
- 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Marshall County
Palma - Briensburg Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
34 Top 38% higher than 62% 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 79405 · Palma - Briensburg Fire Department, KY 34 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 34
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,451
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kellogg
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Kellogg 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.
- Palma - Briensburg (this dept) 34
- High Sac City, IA 34
- Near Kellogg, MN 34
- Near Tippecanoe Townsh…, IN 34
- Near Walnut Volunteer…, IA 34
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Benton, KY
- County
- Marshall County
- FDID
- 79405
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Palma - Briensburg Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #171 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,451 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster geometry
Marshall County HIFLD mix around Palma - Briensburg Fire Department
Marshall County: 16 departments, 192 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 88% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 34 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Kellogg Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 34 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.