Department profile
VolunteerPiney Volunteer Fire Department
Spencer, TN · Van Buren County. Piney Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Piney Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Tennessee average.
- 38th pct.
- national personnel size
- +4%
- vs. Tennessee 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.
Piney Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Spencer, TN (Van Buren County), with 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,830 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,830 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #291 of 534
- 8.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 4 other listed departments in Van Buren County
Piney Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 62% higher than 38% 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 88131 · Piney Volunteer Fire Department, TN 25 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #13,830
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gibson Township L…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Gibson Township Little York Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+ 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.
- Piney Volunteer (this dept) 25
- High Hagerstown-Jeffer…, IN 25
- Near Gibson Township L…, IN 25
- Near Creston, IA 25
- Near Midvale Fire Dist…, ID 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Spencer, TN
- County
- Van Buren County
- FDID
- 88131
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How Piney Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #291 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,830 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County roster weight
Piney Volunteer Fire Department carries 41.0% of Van Buren County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (61 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
8.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Gibson Township Little York Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.