Department profile
VolunteerRhea County Fire Department
Evensville, TN · Rhea County. Rhea County Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 12 stations and 160 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 160
- Total personnel
- 12
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Rhea County Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Tennessee average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +567%
- vs. Tennessee average
- 12
- 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.
Rhea County Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Evensville, TN (Rhea County), with 12 stations and 160 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #363 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #363 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #12 of 534
- 7.50 stations per 100 personnel
- 5 other listed departments in Rhea County
Rhea County Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
160 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 72141 · Rhea County Fire Department, TN 160 personnel · 12 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 160
- STA-MULTI 12 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #363
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wayne County Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Wayne County Volunteer Fire Department - Central Station, MS (+ 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.
- Rhea County (this dept) 160
- High Babylon, NY 160
- Near Wayne County Volu…, MS 160
- Near East Farmingdale…, NY 160
- Near Central Islip, NY 160
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Evensville, TN
- County
- Rhea County
- FDID
- 72141
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How Rhea County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #12 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #363 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 12
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County roster weight
Rhea County Fire Department carries 63.5% of Rhea County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (252 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 71% of the county count. County / state rollup.
7.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (12 stations / 160 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Wayne County Volunteer Fire Department - Central Station, MS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 160 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.