Department profile
VolunteerSewanee Volunteer Fire Department
Sewanee, TN · Franklin County. Sewanee Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 42 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 42
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Sewanee Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Tennessee average.
- Top 25%
- national personnel size
- +75%
- vs. Tennessee 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.
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.
Sewanee Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Sewanee, TN (Franklin County), with 2 stations and 42 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,601 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,601 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #98 of 534
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- 14 other listed departments in Franklin County
Sewanee Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
42 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 26161 · Sewanee Volunteer Fire Department, TN 42 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 42
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #5,601
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Conway
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Conway Fire Department, SC (+ 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.
- Sewanee Volunteer (this dept) 42
- High West Ridge, PA 42
- Near Conway, SC 42
- Near Sparta Center Vol…, NY 42
- Near Princeton Fire Te…, IN 42
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Sewanee, TN
- County
- Franklin County
- FDID
- 26161
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How Sewanee Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #98 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,601 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County roster geometry
Franklin County HIFLD mix around Sewanee Volunteer Fire Department
Franklin County: 19 departments, 322 personnel (13 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 42% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 42 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Conway Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 42 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.