Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderWinchester Fire Emergency Medical Services
Winchester, KY · Clark County. Winchester Fire Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 56 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.
- 56
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Winchester Fire Emergency Medical Services pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Kentucky average.
- Top 14%
- national personnel size
- +167%
- vs. Kentucky average
- 3
- stations
- $2,011,375
- 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.
Winchester Fire Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Winchester, KY (Clark County), with 3 stations and 56 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,068 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,011,375.
- National personnel rank #3,068 of 22,440
- KY personnel rank #53 of 606
- 5.36 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 2 other listed departments in Clark County
Winchester Fire Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
56 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 25126 · Winchester Fire Emergency Medical Services, KY 56 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 56
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,068
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Scituate
- FEMA-MID $2.0M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Scituate Fire Department, MA (+ 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 KY department.
- Winchester Fire E… (this dept) 56
- High Hingham, MA 56
- Near Scituate, MA 56
- Near Hot Springs, SD 56
- Near North County Fire…, CA 56
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Winchester, KY
- County
- Clark County
- FDID
- 25126
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-11649 | $500,000 |
| 2018 | EMW2016FH00138 | $333,522.73 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FO-03479 | $177,852 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FV90071 | $1,000,000 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Kentucky average
How Winchester Fire Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Kentucky. In-state it ranks #53 of 606 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,068 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 93
- KY departments
- 981
County roster weight
Winchester Fire Emergency Medical Services carries 56.6% of Clark County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (99 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 25% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.36 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 56 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Scituate Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 56 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every KY department.