Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPoplar Springs Volunteer Fire Department
Liberty, KY · Casey County. Poplar Springs Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 31 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.
- 31
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Poplar Springs Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Kentucky average.
- Top 43%
- national personnel size
- +48%
- 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.
Poplar Springs Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Liberty, KY (Casey County), with 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,705 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,705 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #203 of 606
- 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Casey County
Poplar Springs Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
31 Top 43% higher than 57% 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 23928 · Poplar Springs Volunteer Fire Department, KY 31 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 31
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,705
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Point Fire D…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Point Fire Department / West Point Rescue Squad, NE (+ 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.
- Poplar Springs Vo… (this dept) 31
- High Logan City, WV 31
- Near West Point Fire D…, NE 31
- Near Afton Volunteer, WY 31
- Near Simpsonville Fire…, SC 31
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Liberty, KY
- County
- Casey County
- FDID
- 23928
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Poplar Springs Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #203 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,705 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster geometry
Casey County HIFLD mix around Poplar Springs Volunteer Fire Department
Casey County: 8 departments, 195 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 88% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Point Fire Department / West Point Rescue Squad, NE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 31 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.