Department profile
VolunteerRutledge Volunteer Fire Department
Rutledge, TN · Grainger County. Rutledge Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 25
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Rutledge Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Tennessee average.
- 38th pct.
- national personnel size
- +4%
- vs. Tennessee average
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.
Rutledge Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Rutledge, TN (Grainger County) and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,920 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,920 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #293 of 534
- 4 other listed departments in Grainger County
Rutledge Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 62% higher than 38% 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 29121 · Rutledge Volunteer Fire Department, TN 25 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #13,920
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bristol Bay
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bristol Bay Fire Department, AK (+ 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.
- Rutledge Volunteer (this dept) 25
- High Wonewoc Area Volu…, WI 25
- Near Bristol Bay, AK 25
- Near Antioch, SC 25
- Near Armenia Volunteer, WI 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Rutledge, TN
- County
- Grainger County
- FDID
- 29121
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How Rutledge Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #293 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,920 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County roster geometry
Grainger County HIFLD mix around Rutledge Volunteer Fire Department
Grainger County: 5 departments, 116 personnel (4 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 20% of departments. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Bristol Bay Fire Department, AK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.