Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderAndover Fire Department
Andover, MN · Anoka County. Andover Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 53 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.
- 53
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Andover Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Minnesota average.
- Top 15%
- national personnel size
- +152%
- vs. Minnesota average
- 3
- stations
- $172,686
- 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.
Andover Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Andover, MN (Anoka County), with 3 stations and 53 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,408 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $172,686.
- National personnel rank #3,408 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #32 of 614
- 5.66 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 17 other listed departments in Anoka County
Andover Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
53 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 02114 · Andover Fire Department, MN 53 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 53
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,408
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Crafton Volunteer
- FEMA-LIGHT $173K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Crafton Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 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 MN department.
- Andover (this dept) 53
- High Saint Marys, GA 53
- Near Crafton Volunteer, PA 53
- Near Shooting Creek Vo…, NC 53
- Near Canaseraga Fire a…, NY 53
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Andover, MN
- County
- Anoka County
- FDID
- 02114
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-12932 | $172,685.91 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Andover Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #32 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,408 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster geometry
Anoka County HIFLD mix around Andover Fire Department
Anoka County: 24 departments, 501 personnel (13 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 92% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.66 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 53 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Crafton Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 53 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.