Department profile
VolunteerWatts Volunteer Fire Department
Lost Creek, KY · Breathitt County. Watts Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 22 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 22
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Watts Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Kentucky average.
- 28th pct.
- national personnel size
- +5%
- vs. Kentucky 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.
Watts Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Lost Creek, KY (Breathitt County) and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,060 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,060 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #408 of 606
- 5 other listed departments in Breathitt County
Watts Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
22 Top 72% higher than 28% 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 13808 · Watts Volunteer Fire Department, KY 22 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 22
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #16,060
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Noble
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Noble Fire Department, OK (+ 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.
- Watts Volunteer (this dept) 22
- High Sheyenne, ND 22
- Near Noble, OK 22
- Near Ulen Volunteer, MN 22
- Near Crown King Fire D…, AZ 22
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lost Creek, KY
- County
- Breathitt County
- FDID
- 13808
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Watts Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #408 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,060 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster geometry
Breathitt County HIFLD mix around Watts Volunteer Fire Department
Breathitt County: 6 departments, 127 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Noble Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 22 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.