Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Aberdeen Fire and Rescue / Advanced Care

Aberdeen, SD · Brown County. Aberdeen Fire and Rescue / Advanced Care is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 44 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.

44
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Aberdeen Fire and Rescue / Advanced Care pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the South Dakota average.

Top 23%
national personnel size
+120%
vs. South Dakota average
3
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
30/100
Aberdeen Fire and Rescue / Advanced Care

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 D
14.7 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness C
1.7 vehicles per station (national median 2)
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
44 personnel · 3 stations

Aberdeen Fire and Rescue / Advanced Care is a Career (Paid) department serving Aberdeen, SD (Brown County), with 3 stations and 44 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,081 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #5,081 of 22,440
  • SD personnel rank #18 of 257
  • 6.82 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 10 other listed departments in Brown County

Aberdeen Fire and Rescue / Advanced Care vs. the national personnel distribution

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

44 Top 23% higher than 77% 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 03101 · Aberdeen Fire and Rescue / Advanced Care, SD 44 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 44
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #5,081
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rose Hill
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Rose Hill Fire Department, NC (+ 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 SD department.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Aberdeen, SD
FDID
03101

Staffing vs the South Dakota average

How Aberdeen Fire and Rescue / Advanced Care's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Dakota. In-state it ranks #18 of 257 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,081 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 120% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
17
SD departments
365

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Brown County

County mix is mostly volunteer (8 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

6.82 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 44 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Rose Hill Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Aberdeen Rural Fire Department
Aberdeen · volunteer
Bath Fire Department
Bath · volunteer
Claremont Fire Department
Claremont · other
Columbia Fire Department
Columbia · volunteer
Frederick Fire Department
Frederick · volunteer
Groton Fire Department
Groton · volunteer
Hecla Fire Department
Hecla · other
Hutterville Fire Department
Stratford · volunteer
All SD departments →

Nationwide career peers near 44 personnel

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

Rose Hill Fire Department, NC 44 City of Douglas Fire Department, GA 44 United States Forest Service - Huron Shores Station, MI 44 River Vale Township Fire Department, NJ 44 Pine-Strawberry Fire Department, AZ 44 South Metropolitan Fire District, MO 44 Siloam Springs Fire Department, AR 44 Laconia Fire Department - Central Station, NH 44

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Aberdeen Fire and Rescue / Advanced Care have?

Aberdeen Fire and Rescue / Advanced Care has 44 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 120% above the South Dakota average of 20 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #5,081 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within SD, it ranks #18 of 257 by personnel.

Does Aberdeen Fire and Rescue / Advanced Care provide EMS services?

Yes, Aberdeen Fire and Rescue / Advanced Care provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Aberdeen Fire and Rescue / Advanced Care operate?

Aberdeen Fire and Rescue / Advanced Care operates 3 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Aberdeen Fire and Rescue / Advanced Care?

Aberdeen Fire and Rescue / Advanced Care is a Career (Paid) department serving Brown County, SD. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

How many fire departments are in South Dakota?

South Dakota has 365 fire departments with 7,257 total personnel. 69% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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