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Balsam Volunteer Fire Department

Bovey, MN · Itasca County. Balsam Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Balsam Volunteer Fire Department

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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
Other department profile

Balsam Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Bovey, MN (Itasca County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields.

  • 18 other listed departments in Itasca County

Dispatch plate

Sheet 31116 · Balsam Volunteer Fire Department, MN personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Bovey, MN
FDID
31116

County roster geometry

Itasca County HIFLD mix around Balsam Volunteer Fire Department

Itasca County: 19 departments, 270 personnel (12 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 21% of departments. County / state rollup.

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Balsam Volunteer Fire Department have?

Personnel data for Balsam Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Balsam Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Balsam Volunteer Fire Department is not listed as providing EMS in the HIFLD record. Contact local emergency services to confirm which agency covers medical calls.

How many fire stations does Balsam Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Balsam Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Balsam Volunteer Fire Department?

Balsam Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Itasca County, MN.

How many fire departments are in Minnesota?

Minnesota has 883 fire departments with 18,231 total personnel. 68% are volunteer departments.

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.