Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderArgyle Fire Department
Hot Springs, SD · Custer County. Argyle Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 32 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.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Argyle Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the South Dakota average.
- Top 40%
- national personnel size
- +60%
- vs. South Dakota average
- 2
- 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.
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.
Argyle Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Hot Springs, SD (Custer County), with 2 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,941 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,941 of 22,440
- SD personnel rank #53 of 257
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Custer County
Argyle Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 40% higher than 60% 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 21007 · Argyle Fire Department, SD 32 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,941
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Westwood
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Westwood Fire Department, MA (+ 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.
- Argyle (this dept) 32
- High Georgetown Townsh…, IN 32
- Near Westwood, MA 32
- Near Frame Volunteer, WV 32
- Near Clendenin Volunte…, WV 32
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Hot Springs, SD
- County
- Custer County
- FDID
- 21007
Staffing vs the South Dakota average
How Argyle Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Dakota. In-state it ranks #53 of 257 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,941 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 17
- SD departments
- 365
County roster geometry
Custer County HIFLD mix around Argyle Fire Department
Custer County: 11 departments, 140 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 55% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Westwood Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SD department.