Department profile

Volunteer

Stewart County Volunteer Fire Service

Big Rock, TN · Stewart County. Stewart County Volunteer Fire Service is a Volunteer department, 10 stations and 122 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

122
Total personnel
10
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Stewart County Volunteer Fire Service pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Tennessee average.

Top 3%
national personnel size
+408%
vs. Tennessee average
10
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
11/100
Stewart County Volunteer Fire Service

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 F
12.2 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
122 personnel · 10 stations

Stewart County Volunteer Fire Service is a Volunteer department serving Big Rock, TN (Stewart County), with 10 stations and 122 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #659 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #659 of 22,440
  • TN personnel rank #19 of 534
  • 8.20 stations per 100 personnel
  • 4 other listed departments in Stewart County

Stewart County Volunteer Fire Service vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

122 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 81711 · Stewart County Volunteer Fire Service, TN 122 personnel · 10 stations

PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 122
  • STA-MULTI 10 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-TOP #659
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Troy
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Troy Fire Department, 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
Big Rock, TN
FDID
81711

Staffing vs the Tennessee average

How Stewart County Volunteer Fire Service's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #19 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #659 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 408% above the state average
Stations
10
State fire deaths/yr
115
TN departments
921

County roster weight

Stewart County Volunteer Fire Service carries 72.2% of Stewart County HIFLD personnel

Among 5 listed departments (169 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 80% of the county count. County / state rollup.

8.20 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (10 stations / 122 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Troy Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Dover Fire Department
Dover · volunteer
Stewart County Volunteer Fire Service
Indian Mound · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 122 personnel

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