Department profile
Career (Paid)Rural/ Metro Fire Department Federal Express Operation
Memphis, TN · Shelby County. Rural/ Metro Fire Department Federal Express Operation is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Rural/ Metro Fire Department Federal Express Operation pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Tennessee average.
- 9th pct.
- national personnel size
- -37%
- vs. Tennessee 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.
Rural/ Metro Fire Department Federal Express Operation is a Career (Paid) department serving Memphis, TN (Shelby County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,454 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,454 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #477 of 534
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 10 other listed departments in Shelby County
Rural/ Metro Fire Department Federal Express Operation vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 91% higher than 9% 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 TN-RURAL-METRO-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-FEDERAL-EXPRESS-OPERAT-TN · Rural/ Metro Fire Department Federal Express Operation, TN 15 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #20,454
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alta Vista City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 2/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Alta Vista City Fire Department, KS (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Rural/ Metro Fire… (this dept) 15
- High Atwood, KS 15
- Near Alta Vista City, KS 15
- Near Argonia, KS 15
- Near Arrowhead Ranch E…, TX 15
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Memphis, TN
- County
- Shelby County
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How Rural/ Metro Fire Department Federal Express Operation's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #477 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,454 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County roster fringe
Rural/ Metro Fire Department Federal Express Operation is 0.6% of Shelby County roster mass
The county lists 15 departments totaling 2,366 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 80% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Alta Vista City Fire Department, KS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.