Department profile
VolunteerWest Knox Fire Department
Corbin, KY · Knox County. West Knox Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 37 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 37
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
West Knox Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Kentucky average.
- Top 32%
- national personnel size
- +76%
- vs. Kentucky average
- 2
- stations
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.
West Knox Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Corbin, KY (Knox County), with 2 stations and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,173 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,173 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #145 of 606
- 5.41 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Knox County
West Knox Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
37 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 61331 · West Knox Fire Department, KY 37 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 37
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #7,173
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hopkinton Fire De…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hopkinton Fire Department - Contoocook Station, NH (+ 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.
- West Knox (this dept) 37
- High Gilman Rural Volu…, WI 37
- Near Hopkinton Fire De…, NH 37
- Near Hunterdale Volunt…, VA 37
- Near Garland Volunteer, PA 37
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Corbin, KY
- County
- Knox County
- FDID
- 61331
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How West Knox Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #145 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,173 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster weight
West Knox Fire Department carries 25.0% of Knox County HIFLD personnel
Among 11 listed departments (148 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 55% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 37 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hopkinton Fire Department - Contoocook Station, NH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 37 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.