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Warriors Path Volunteer Fire Department

Kingsport, TN · Sullivan County. Warriors Path Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 54 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.

54
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Warriors Path Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Tennessee average.

Top 15%
national personnel size
+125%
vs. Tennessee average
1
station
$105,000
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
53/100
Warriors Path Volunteer Fire Department

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 A
54 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment F
$1,944 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
54 personnel · 1 station

Warriors Path Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Kingsport, TN (Sullivan County), with 1 station and 54 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,399 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $105,000.

  • National personnel rank #3,399 of 22,440
  • TN personnel rank #66 of 534
  • 1.85 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 14 other listed departments in Sullivan County

Warriors Path Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

54 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 82841 · Warriors Path Volunteer Fire Department, TN 54 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 54
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #3,399
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Elberfeld Volunte…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $105K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Elberfeld Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+ 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
Kingsport, TN
FDID
82841

FEMA Grant History

$105K
Cumulative funding (FY2022)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2022 EMW-2022-FF-02332 $105,000

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Tennessee average

How Warriors Path Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Tennessee. In-state it ranks #66 of 534 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,399 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 125% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
115
TN departments
921

County roster geometry

Sullivan County HIFLD mix around Warriors Path Volunteer Fire Department

Sullivan County: 17 departments, 480 personnel (8 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 82% of departments. County / state rollup.

1.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 54 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Elberfeld Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

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Bluff City · volunteer
Bluff City Fire Department
Bluff City · other
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Eastman Chemical Company
Kingsport · other
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 54 personnel

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

Elberfeld Volunteer Fire Department, IN 54 Bath Fire Department, OH 54 Hibbing Fire Department, MN 54 Marrowbone Volunteer Fire Department, KY 54 Streetsboro Fire Department, OH 54 Stanton Fire Department, KY 54 Mount Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department, PA 54 New Lexington Fire Department, OH 54

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Warriors Path Volunteer Fire Department have?

Warriors Path Volunteer Fire Department has 54 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 125% above the Tennessee average of 24 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #3,399 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within TN, it ranks #66 of 534 by personnel.

Does Warriors Path Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Warriors Path Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Warriors Path Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Warriors Path Volunteer Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Warriors Path Volunteer Fire Department?

Warriors Path Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Sullivan County, TN. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Warriors Path Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Warriors Path Volunteer Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $105,000 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2022 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2022.

How many fire departments are in Tennessee?

Tennessee has 921 fire departments with 22,125 total personnel. 52% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.