Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSouthgate Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated
Newport, KY · Campbell County. Southgate Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 82 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.
- 82
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Southgate Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kentucky average.
- Top 6%
- national personnel size
- +290%
- vs. Kentucky 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.
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.
Southgate Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Newport, KY (Campbell County), with 1 station and 82 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,405 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,405 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #16 of 606
- 1.22 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Campbell County
Southgate Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
82 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 19091 · Southgate Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, KY 82 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 82
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,405
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Apple Valley
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Apple Valley Fire Department, MN (+ 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.
- Southgate Volunte… (this dept) 82
- High Parker, SC 82
- Near Apple Valley, MN 82
- Near Euclid, OH 82
- Near Sharptown Volunte…, MD 82
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Newport, KY
- County
- Campbell County
- FDID
- 19091
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Southgate Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #16 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,405 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster geometry
Campbell County HIFLD mix around Southgate Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated
Campbell County: 14 departments, 469 personnel (9 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 79% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.22 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 82 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Apple Valley Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 82 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.