Department profile
VolunteerTiptonville Fire Department
Tiptonville, TN · Lake County. Tiptonville Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 27 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 27
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Tiptonville Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Tennessee average.
- 45th pct.
- national personnel size
- +13%
- vs. Tennessee average
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.
Tiptonville Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Tiptonville, TN (Lake County) and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,325 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,325 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #249 of 534
- 1 other listed department in Lake County
Tiptonville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
27 Top 55% higher than 45% 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 48123 · Tiptonville Fire Department, TN 27 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 27
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #12,325
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Osceola Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Osceola Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Tiptonville (this dept) 27
- High Bledsoe Volunteer, KY 27
- Near Osceola Volunteer, WI 27
- Near Clayton Volunteer, WI 27
- Near Wren Volunteer, MS 27
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Tiptonville, TN
- County
- Lake County
- FDID
- 48123
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How Tiptonville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #249 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,325 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County roster weight
Tiptonville Fire Department carries 100.0% of Lake County HIFLD personnel
Among 2 listed departments (27 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Osceola Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nationwide volunteer peers near 27 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.