Department profile
VolunteerPippa Passes Fire Department
Pippa Passes, KY · Knott County. Pippa Passes Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 14
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Pippa Passes Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Kentucky average.
- 7th pct.
- national personnel size
- -33%
- 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.
Pippa Passes Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Pippa Passes, KY (Knott County), with 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,879 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,879 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #590 of 606
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Knott County
Pippa Passes Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
14 Top 93% higher than 7% 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 60614 · Pippa Passes Fire Department, KY 14 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 14
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #20,879
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ East Peru Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: East Peru Volunteer Fire Department, IA (+ 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.
- Pippa Passes (this dept) 14
- High Kilbourne Volunte…, LA 14
- Near East Peru Volunte…, IA 14
- Near Franklin, PA 14
- Near Allen Volunteer, OK 14
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Pippa Passes, KY
- County
- Knott County
- FDID
- 60614
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Pippa Passes Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #590 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,879 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster weight
Pippa Passes Fire Department carries 40.0% of Knott County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (35 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 22% of the county count. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 14 roster).
Photo-finish peer: East Peru Volunteer Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 14 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.