Department profile
VolunteerSaint Joseph Volunteer Fire Department
Saint Joseph, TN · Lawrence County. Saint Joseph Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Saint Joseph Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Tennessee average.
- 16th pct.
- national personnel size
- -25%
- 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.
Saint Joseph Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Saint Joseph, TN (Lawrence County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,821 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,821 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #430 of 534
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- 15 other listed departments in Lawrence County
Saint Joseph Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 84% higher than 16% 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 50151 · Saint Joseph Volunteer Fire Department, TN 18 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #18,821
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Greenhead Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Greenhead Volunteer Fire Department, FL (+ 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.
- Saint Joseph Volu… (this dept) 18
- High Longino Central V…, MS 18
- Near Greenhead Volunte…, FL 18
- Near Varick Volunteer, NY 18
- Near Butte-Larose Volu…, LA 18
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Saint Joseph, TN
- County
- Lawrence County
- FDID
- 50151
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How Saint Joseph Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #430 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,821 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
Saint Joseph Volunteer Fire Department is 6.9% of Lawrence County roster mass
The county lists 17 departments totaling 259 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 47% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Greenhead Volunteer Fire Department, FL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.