Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPlano Volunteer Fire Department
Bowling Green, KY · Warren County. Plano Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 22 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.
- 22
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Plano Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Kentucky average.
- 29th pct.
- national personnel size
- +5%
- 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.
Plano Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bowling Green, KY (Warren County), with 2 stations and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,900 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #15,900 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #404 of 606
- 9.09 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Warren County
Plano Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
22 Top 71% higher than 29% 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 B3652 · Plano Volunteer Fire Department, KY 22 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 22
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #15,900
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ables Springs Vol…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ables Springs Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 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.
- Plano Volunteer (this dept) 22
- High Aurora Township F…, IL 22
- Near Ables Springs Vol…, TX 22
- Near Alba Volunteer, TX 22
- Near Allin Township Fi…, IL 22
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bowling Green, KY
- County
- Warren County
- FDID
- B3652
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Plano Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #404 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,900 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster fringe
Plano Volunteer Fire Department is 4.2% of Warren County roster mass
The county lists 19 departments totaling 523 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
9.09 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 22 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ables Springs Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 22 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.