Department profile
VolunteerBenson Fire Department
Benson, MN · Swift County. Benson Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 36 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Benson Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Minnesota average.
- Top 32%
- national personnel size
- +71%
- vs. Minnesota 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.
Benson Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Benson, MN (Swift County), with 1 station and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,213 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,213 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #89 of 614
- 2.78 stations per 100 personnel
- 6 other listed departments in Swift County
Benson Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 76102 · Benson Fire Department, MN 36 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #7,213
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Thunderbird Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Thunderbird Fire Protection Territory, IN (+ 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.
- Benson (this dept) 36
- High Springfield, TN 36
- Near Thunderbird Fire…, IN 36
- Near Walter Hill Volun…, TN 36
- Near Northfield Center, OH 36
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Benson, MN
- County
- Swift County
- FDID
- 76102
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Benson Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #89 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,213 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster weight
Benson Fire Department carries 30.8% of Swift County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (117 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 86% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.78 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Thunderbird Fire Protection Territory, IN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.