Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBlue Grass Fire Department
Blue Grass, IA · Scott County. Blue Grass Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 31 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.
- 31
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Blue Grass Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Iowa average.
- Top 42%
- national personnel size
- +55%
- 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.
Blue Grass Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Blue Grass, IA (Scott County), with 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,462 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,462 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #136 of 589
- 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 18 other listed departments in Scott County
Blue Grass Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
31 Top 42% higher than 58% 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 82002 · Blue Grass Fire Department, IA 31 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 31
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,462
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Strafford Fire an…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Strafford Fire and Rescue - Center Station, NH (+ 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.
- Blue Grass (this dept) 31
- High Allen Township Fi…, OH 31
- Near Strafford Fire an…, NH 31
- Near Van Wert, OH 31
- Near Salem/Morrow Fire…, OH 31
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Blue Grass, IA
- County
- Scott County
- FDID
- 82002
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Blue Grass Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #136 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,462 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster fringe
Blue Grass Fire Department is 6.2% of Scott County roster mass
The county lists 19 departments totaling 503 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 89% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Strafford Fire and Rescue - Center Station, NH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 31 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.