Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderUnion City Fire Department
Union City, TN · Obion County. Union City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 42 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.
- 42
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Union City Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Tennessee average.
- Top 25%
- national personnel size
- +75%
- vs. Tennessee average
- 3
- stations
- $171,239
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Union City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Union City, TN (Obion County), with 3 stations and 42 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,629 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $171,239.
- National personnel rank #5,629 of 22,440
- TN personnel rank #100 of 534
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Obion County
Union City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
42 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 66372 · Union City Fire Department, TN 42 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 42
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,629
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fillmore
- FEMA-LIGHT $171K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Fillmore Fire Department, WI (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Union City (this dept) 42
- High Camp Dix Volunteer, KY 42
- Near Fillmore, WI 42
- Near Larimer Volunteer, PA 42
- Near Louisa, KY 42
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Union City, TN
- County
- Obion County
- FDID
- 66372
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | EMW2016FO03750 | $171,239 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Tennessee average
How Union City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #100 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,629 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- TN departments
- 921
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Obion County
County mix is mostly volunteer (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 42 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Fillmore Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 42 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TN department.