Department profile
VolunteerSouth Roane County Volunteer Fire Department
Kingston, TN · Roane County. South Roane County Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 61 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 61
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
South Roane County Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Tennessee average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +154%
- vs. Tennessee average
- 5
- 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.
South Roane County Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Kingston, TN (Roane County), with 5 stations and 61 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,531 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,531 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #48 of 534
- 8.20 stations per 100 personnel
- 12 other listed departments in Roane County
South Roane County Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
61 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 73122 · South Roane County Volunteer Fire Department, TN 61 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 61
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #2,531
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Portsmouth
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Portsmouth Fire Department, NH (+ 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.
- South Roane Count… (this dept) 61
- High Mukwonago, WI 61
- Near City of Portsmouth, NH 61
- Near Stow, OH 61
- Near Muskego Volunteer…, WI 61
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Kingston, TN
- County
- Roane County
- FDID
- 73122
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How South Roane County Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #48 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,531 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County roster geometry
Roane County HIFLD mix around South Roane County Volunteer Fire Department
Roane County: 19 departments, 329 personnel (8 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 16% of departments. County / state rollup.
8.20 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 61 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Portsmouth Fire Department, NH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 61 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.