Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRyland Heights Volunteer Fire and Community Life Squad
Latonia, KY · Kenton County. Ryland Heights Volunteer Fire and Community Life Squad is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 36 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.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Ryland Heights Volunteer Fire and Community Life Squad pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Kentucky average.
- Top 33%
- national personnel size
- +71%
- vs. Kentucky 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.
Ryland Heights Volunteer Fire and Community Life Squad is a Volunteer department serving Latonia, KY (Kenton County), with 1 station and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,460 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,460 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #156 of 606
- 2.78 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Kenton County
Ryland Heights Volunteer Fire and Community Life Squad vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 33% higher than 67% 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 59325 · Ryland Heights Volunteer Fire and Community Life Squad, KY 36 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,460
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Shushan Volunteer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Shushan Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, NY (+ 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.
- Ryland Heights Vo… (this dept) 36
- High Cambridge Volunte…, NY 36
- Near Shushan Volunteer…, NY 36
- Near Snake Creek Volun…, PA 36
- Near Linda Fire Protec…, CA 36
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Latonia, KY
- County
- Kenton County
- FDID
- 59325
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Ryland Heights Volunteer Fire and Community Life Squad's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #156 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,460 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster fringe
Ryland Heights Volunteer Fire and Community Life Squad is 4.3% of Kenton County roster mass
The county lists 19 departments totaling 846 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.78 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Shushan Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.