Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Shady Grove Volunteer Fire Department

Duck River, TN · Hickman County. Shady Grove Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 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.

25
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Shady Grove 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
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
54/100
Shady Grove Volunteer Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity C
25 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
25 personnel · 1 station

Shady Grove Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Duck River, TN (Hickman County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,967 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #13,967 of 22,440
  • TN personnel rank #295 of 534
  • 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 5 other listed departments in Hickman County

Shady Grove 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 41651 · Shady Grove Volunteer Fire Department, TN 25 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 25
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #13,967
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Castleton Fire Co…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Castleton 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 TN department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Duck River, TN
FDID
41651

Staffing vs the Tennessee average

How Shady Grove Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #295 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,967 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 4% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
115
TN departments
921

County roster weight

Shady Grove Volunteer Fire Department carries 43.9% of Hickman County HIFLD personnel

Among 7 listed departments (57 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 29% of the county count. County / state rollup.

4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Castleton Fire Company Incorporated, NY (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Centerville Fire Department
Centerville · other
Hickman County Rescue Squad
Centerville · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.