Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Alexandria Fire Department and First Responders

Alexandria, SD · Hanson County. Alexandria Fire Department and First Responders is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 29 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.

29
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Alexandria Fire Department and First Responders pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the South Dakota average.

Top 49%
national personnel size
+45%
vs. South Dakota 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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
64/100
Alexandria Fire Department and First Responders

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 B
29 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
29 personnel · 1 station

Alexandria Fire Department and First Responders is a Volunteer department serving Alexandria, SD (Hanson County), with 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,910 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #10,910 of 22,440
  • SD personnel rank #82 of 257
  • 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 2 other listed departments in Hanson County

Alexandria Fire Department and First Responders vs. the national personnel distribution

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

29 Top 49% higher than 51% 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 34001 · Alexandria Fire Department and First Responders, SD 29 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 29
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #10,910
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Borodino
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Borodino Fire Department, NY (+ 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 SD department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Alexandria, SD
FDID
34001

Staffing vs the South Dakota average

How Alexandria Fire Department and First Responders's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Dakota. In-state it ranks #82 of 257 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,910 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 45% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
17
SD departments
365

County roster weight

Alexandria Fire Department and First Responders carries 39.7% of Hanson County HIFLD personnel

Among 3 listed departments (73 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 100% of the county count. County / state rollup.

3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 29 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Borodino Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Emery Volunteer Fire Department
Emery · volunteer
Rosedale Fire Department
Mitchell · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel

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