Department profile

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Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District

Louisville, KY · Jefferson County. Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District is a Volunteer department, 8 stations and 225 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.

225
Total personnel
8
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kentucky average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+971%
vs. Kentucky average
8
stations
$815,398
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
39/100
Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District

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
28.1 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 F
$3,624 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
225 personnel · 8 stations

Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Louisville, KY (Jefferson County), with 8 stations and 225 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #184 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $815,398.

  • National personnel rank #184 of 22,440
  • KY personnel rank #2 of 606
  • 3.56 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 26 other listed departments in Jefferson County

Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

225 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 56295 · Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District, KY 225 personnel · 8 stations

PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-LARGE 225
  • STA-MULTI 8 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #184
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Patchogue
  • FEMA-MID $815K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Patchogue Fire Department, NY (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Louisville, KY
FDID
56295

FEMA Grant History

$815K
Cumulative funding (FY2015–2024)
3
Awards
Year Award Amount
2024 EMW-2024-FG-07423 $203,805.45
2022 EMW-2022-FG-08778 $236,592.36
2015 EMW2014FO04201 $375,000

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

Staffing vs the Kentucky average

How Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #2 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #184 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 971% above the state average
Stations
8
State fire deaths/yr
93
KY departments
981

County roster geometry

Jefferson County HIFLD mix around Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District

Jefferson County: 40 departments, 1,819 personnel (14 volunteer / 9 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 93% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (8 stations / 225 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Patchogue Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Buechel Fire Protection District
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Camp Taylor Fire District
Louisville · volunteer
Dixie Suburban Fire Department
Louisville · volunteer
Eastwood Fire Department
Fisherville · other
Fairdale Fire Department
Louisville · other
Fairdale Fire Department
Fairdale · volunteer
Fern Creek Fire Department
Louisville · career
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 225 personnel

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

Patchogue Fire Department, NY 225 Nyack Fire Department - Nyack Fire Patrol Incorporated, NY 225 Haverstraw Fire Department - Rescue Hook and Ladder 1, NY 225 Monroe County Fire and Rescue, FL 224 Hempstead Fire Department, NY 227 Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton Volunteer Fire Department, VA 220 Holbrook Fire Department, NY 219 Smith County Fire Department Central District, TN 216

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District have?

Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District has 225 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 971% above the Kentucky average of 21 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #184 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within KY, it ranks #2 of 606 by personnel.

Does Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District provide EMS services?

Yes, Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District operate?

Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District operates 8 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District?

Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Jefferson County, KY. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District received federal grants?

Yes, Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $815,397.81 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2015–2024 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2024.

How many fire departments are in Kentucky?

Kentucky has 981 fire departments with 20,700 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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