Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderRural/Metro Fire Department - Knox County
Knoxville, TN · Knox County. Rural/Metro Fire Department - Knox County is a Career (Paid) department, 14 stations and 166 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.
- 166
- Total personnel
- 14
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Rural/Metro Fire Department - Knox County pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Tennessee average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +592%
- vs. Tennessee average
- 14
- 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.
Rural/Metro Fire Department - Knox County is a Career (Paid) department serving Knoxville, TN (Knox County), with 14 stations and 166 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #335 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #335 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #11 of 534
- 8.43 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Knox County
Rural/Metro Fire Department - Knox County vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
166 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 47832 · Rural/Metro Fire Department - Knox County, TN 166 personnel · 14 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 166
- STA-MULTI 14 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #335
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bayport
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bayport Fire Department, NY (+ 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) 166
- High Metro West Fire P…, MO 166
- Near Bayport, NY 166
- Near Hazleton Heights…, PA 166
- Near Athens Volunteer, NY 166
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Knoxville, TN
- County
- Knox County
- FDID
- 47832
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How Rural/Metro Fire Department - Knox County's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #11 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #335 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 14
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County roster weight
Rural/Metro Fire Department - Knox County carries 63.4% of Knox County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (262 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 29% of the county count. County / state rollup.
8.43 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (14 stations / 166 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bayport Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 166 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.