Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderAlden Fire Department / Alden First Responders
Alden, IA · Hardin County. Alden Fire Department / Alden First Responders is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 52 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.
- 52
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Alden Fire Department / Alden First Responders pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Iowa average.
- Top 16%
- national personnel size
- +160%
- vs. Iowa average
- 1
- station
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.
Alden Fire Department / Alden First Responders is a Volunteer department serving Alden, IA (Hardin County), with 1 station and 52 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,526 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,526 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #23 of 589
- 1.92 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Hardin County
Alden Fire Department / Alden First Responders vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
52 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 42002 · Alden Fire Department / Alden First Responders, IA 52 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 52
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,526
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ New Roads Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: New Roads Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+ 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 IA department.
- Alden Fire Depart… (this dept) 52
- High Mequon, WI 52
- Near New Roads Volunte…, LA 52
- Near Pierrepont Volunt…, NY 52
- Near Russell Volunteer…, NY 52
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Alden, IA
- County
- Hardin County
- FDID
- 42002
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Alden Fire Department / Alden First Responders's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #23 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,526 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster weight
Alden Fire Department / Alden First Responders carries 31.7% of Hardin County HIFLD personnel
Among 11 listed departments (164 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 55% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.92 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 52 roster).
Photo-finish peer: New Roads Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 52 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.