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Pikeville Volunteer Fire Department

Pikeville, TN · Bledsoe County. Pikeville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 32 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.

32
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Pikeville Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Tennessee average.

Top 41%
national personnel size
+33%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
72/100
Pikeville Volunteer Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity B
32 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
32 personnel · 1 station

Pikeville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Pikeville, TN (Bledsoe County), with 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,269 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #9,269 of 22,440
  • TN personnel rank #179 of 534
  • 3.13 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 6 other listed departments in Bledsoe County

Pikeville Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

32 Top 41% higher than 59% 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 04111 · Pikeville Volunteer Fire Department, TN 32 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 32
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #9,269
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cimarron Hills Fi…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Cimarron Hills Fire Protection District, CO (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Pikeville, TN
FDID
04111

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2009)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2009 EMW2008FF00421 $-6,556

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Tennessee average

How Pikeville Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #179 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,269 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 33% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
115
TN departments
921

County roster geometry

Bledsoe County HIFLD mix around Pikeville Volunteer Fire Department

Bledsoe County: 9 departments, 218 personnel (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 22% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 32 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Cimarron Hills Fire Protection District, CO (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Brayton Volunteer Fire Department
Graysville · volunteer
Griffith Volunteer Fire Department
Pikeville · volunteer
Lusk Volunteer Fire Department
Pikeville · other
Nine Mile Volunteer Fire Department
Pikeville · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.

Cimarron Hills Fire Protection District, CO 32 New Salem Volunteer Fire Department, GA 32 Bowne Township Fire Department, MI 32 Hayden Fire Department, AZ 32 North Windham Volunteer Fire Department, CT 32 Saybrook Township Fire Department, OH 32 Colchester Center Volunteer Fire Company, VT 32 Eastford Fire Department, CT 32

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Pikeville Volunteer Fire Department have?

Pikeville Volunteer Fire Department has 32 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 33% above the Tennessee average of 24 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #9,269 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within TN, it ranks #179 of 534 by personnel.

Does Pikeville Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Pikeville Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Pikeville Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Pikeville Volunteer Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Pikeville Volunteer Fire Department?

Pikeville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bledsoe County, TN. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Pikeville Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Pikeville Volunteer Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $-6,556 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2009.

How many fire departments are in Tennessee?

Tennessee has 921 fire departments with 22,125 total personnel. 52% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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