Department profile

Volunteer

Russell Fire

Russell, KY · Greenup County. Russell Fire is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 28 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

28
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Russell Fire pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Kentucky average.

48th pct.
national personnel size
+33%
vs. Kentucky average
2
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
18/100
Russell Fire

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 F
14 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
28 personnel · 2 stations

Russell Fire is a Volunteer department serving Russell, KY (Greenup County), with 2 stations and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,741 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #11,741 of 22,440
  • KY personnel rank #263 of 606
  • 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
  • 11 other listed departments in Greenup County

Russell Fire vs. the national personnel distribution

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

28 Top 52% higher than 48% 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 45205 · Russell Fire, KY 28 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 28
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #11,741
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Stephen Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Stephen Volunteer Fire Department, MN (+ 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
VOLUNTEER
Location
Russell, KY
FDID
45205

Staffing vs the Kentucky average

How Russell Fire's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #263 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,741 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 33% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
93
KY departments
981

County roster fringe

Russell Fire is 8.8% of Greenup County roster mass

The county lists 14 departments totaling 320 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 43% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 28 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Stephen Volunteer Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel

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