Department profile
VolunteerAredale Fire Department
Aredale, IA · Butler County. Aredale Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Aredale Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Iowa average.
- 42nd pct.
- national personnel size
- +25%
- 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.
Aredale Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Aredale, IA (Butler County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,024 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,024 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #255 of 589
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Butler County
Aredale Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 58% higher than 42% 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 12003 · Aredale Fire Department, IA 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #13,024
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Crofton Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Crofton Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+ 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.
- Aredale (this dept) 25
- High Nelson Volunteer…, OK 25
- Near Crofton Volunteer, NE 25
- Near Randolph County E…, GA 25
- Near Helmetta Volunteer, NJ 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Aredale, IA
- County
- Butler County
- FDID
- 12003
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Aredale Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #255 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,024 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster geometry
Butler County HIFLD mix around Aredale Fire Department
Butler County: 9 departments, 201 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 33% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Crofton Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.