Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRutherford Volunteer Fire Department
Murfreesboro, TN · Rutherford County. Rutherford Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 55 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.
- 55
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Rutherford Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Tennessee average.
- Top 14%
- national personnel size
- +129%
- 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.
Rutherford Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Murfreesboro, TN (Rutherford County), with 1 station and 55 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,248 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,248 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #63 of 534
- 1.82 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 16 other listed departments in Rutherford County
Rutherford Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
55 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 75191 · Rutherford Volunteer Fire Department, TN 55 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 55
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,248
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Des Moines Intern…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Des Moines International Airport Fire Department, IA (+ 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.
- Rutherford Volunt… (this dept) 55
- High El Dorado Fire De…, AR 55
- Near Des Moines Intern…, IA 55
- Near Rarden Volunteer, OH 55
- Near Deerfield Fire De…, NH 55
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Murfreesboro, TN
- County
- Rutherford County
- FDID
- 75191
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How Rutherford Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #63 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,248 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
Rutherford Volunteer Fire Department is 10.0% of Rutherford County roster mass
The county lists 22 departments totaling 551 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 82% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.82 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 55 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Des Moines International Airport Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 55 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.