Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderAtalissa Volunteer Fire Department
Atalissa, IA · Muscatine County. Atalissa Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 40 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.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Atalissa Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Iowa average.
- Top 26%
- national personnel size
- +100%
- 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.
Atalissa Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Atalissa, IA (Muscatine County), with 1 station and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,847 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,847 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #54 of 589
- 2.50 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Muscatine County
Atalissa Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 26% higher than 74% 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 70001 · Atalissa Volunteer Fire Department, IA 40 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,847
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Saxeville-Springw…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Saxeville-Springwater Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Atalissa Volunteer (this dept) 40
- High Kensington Fire D…, NH 40
- Near Saxeville-Springw…, WI 40
- Near Wautoma Area Fire…, WI 40
- Near Ottawa Volunteer, OH 40
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Atalissa, IA
- County
- Muscatine County
- FDID
- 70001
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Atalissa Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #54 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,847 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
Muscatine County HIFLD mix around Atalissa Volunteer Fire Department
Muscatine County: 9 departments, 208 personnel (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 89% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Saxeville-Springwater Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.