Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Boone Fire Department

Boone, IA · Boone County. Boone Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 20 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.

20
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Boone Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Iowa average.

25th pct.
national personnel size
+0%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
38/100
Boone 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 D
20 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
20 personnel · 1 station

Boone Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Boone, IA (Boone County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,737 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #16,737 of 22,440
  • IA personnel rank #416 of 589
  • 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 3 other listed departments in Boone County

Boone Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

20 Top 75% higher than 25% 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 08003 · Boone Fire Department, IA 20 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #16,737
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Binger
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Binger Fire Department, OK (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Boone, IA
FDID
08003

Staffing vs the Iowa average

How Boone Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #416 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,737 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 0% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
39
IA departments
810

County roster weight

Boone Fire Department carries 48.8% of Boone County HIFLD personnel

Among 4 listed departments (41 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 25% of the county count. County / state rollup.

5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Binger Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Boxholm Fire Department
Boxholm · other
Madrid Fire Department
Madrid · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 20 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.