Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWaddy Volunteer Fire Department
Waddy, KY · Shelby County. Waddy Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 17 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.
- 17
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Waddy Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Kentucky average.
- 14th pct.
- national personnel size
- -19%
- vs. Kentucky average
- 1
- station
- $591,860
- 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.
Waddy Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Waddy, KY (Shelby County), with 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,377 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $591,860.
- National personnel rank #19,377 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #542 of 606
- 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Shelby County
Waddy Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
17 Top 86% higher than 14% 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 A5550 · Waddy Volunteer Fire Department, KY 17 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 17
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #19,377
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Anchor
- FEMA-MID $592K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Anchor Fire Department, IL (+ 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.
- Waddy Volunteer (this dept) 17
- High Berlin Volunteer…, OK 17
- Near Anchor, IL 17
- Near Augusta Fire Prot…, IL 17
- Near Baylis Fire Prote…, IL 17
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Waddy, KY
- County
- Shelby County
- FDID
- A5550
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-06684 | $178,476.19 |
| 2009 | EMW-2009-FO-0669 | $413,384 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Waddy Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #542 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,377 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster fringe
Waddy Volunteer Fire Department is 7.2% of Shelby County roster mass
The county lists 11 departments totaling 237 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 82% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 17 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Anchor Fire Department, IL (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 17 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.