Department profile
VolunteerSmith County Fire Department Central District
Carthage, TN · Smith County. Smith County Fire Department Central District is a Volunteer department, 9 stations and 216 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 216
- Total personnel
- 9
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Smith County Fire Department Central District pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Tennessee average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +800%
- vs. Tennessee average
- 9
- 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.
Smith County Fire Department Central District is a Volunteer department serving Carthage, TN (Smith County), with 9 stations and 216 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #195 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #195 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #4 of 534
- 4.17 stations per 100 personnel
- 3 other listed departments in Smith County
Smith County Fire Department Central District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
216 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 80731 · Smith County Fire Department Central District, TN 216 personnel · 9 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 216
- STA-MULTI 9 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #195
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Riverside
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Riverside Fire Department, CA (+ 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.
- High Springfield, MO 217
- Smith County Fire… (this dept) 216
- Near City of Riverside, CA 216
- Low Peekskill, NY 214
- Near Bellevue, WA 214
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Carthage, TN
- County
- Smith County
- FDID
- 80731
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How Smith County Fire Department Central District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #4 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #195 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 9
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County roster weight
Smith County Fire Department Central District carries 77.1% of Smith County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (280 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 56% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (9 stations / 216 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Riverside Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 216 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.