Department profile
VolunteerShelby County Fire Department
Shelbyville, KY · Shelby County. Shelby County Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 64 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 64
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Shelby County Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kentucky average.
- Top 10%
- national personnel size
- +205%
- vs. Kentucky average
- 3
- 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.
Shelby County Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Shelbyville, KY (Shelby County), with 3 stations and 64 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,337 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,337 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #34 of 606
- 4.69 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Shelby County
Shelby County Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
64 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 A5547 · Shelby County Fire Department, KY 64 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 64
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #2,337
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Belfast Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Belfast Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+ 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.
- Shelby County (this dept) 64
- High Fulton Fire Prote…, IL 64
- Near Belfast Volunteer, ME 64
- Near Calumet City, IL 64
- Near Fairbury, IL 64
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Shelbyville, KY
- County
- Shelby County
- FDID
- A5547
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Shelby County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #34 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,337 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster weight
Shelby County Fire Department carries 27.0% of Shelby County HIFLD personnel
Among 11 listed departments (237 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 55% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 64 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Belfast Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 64 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.