Department profile
VolunteerBorup Volunteer Fire Department
Borup, MN · Norman County. Borup Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 10 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 10
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Borup Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Minnesota average.
- 3rd pct.
- national personnel size
- -52%
- 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.
Borup Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Borup, MN (Norman County), with 1 station and 10 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,827 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,827 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #611 of 614
- 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Norman County
Borup Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
10 Top 97% higher than 3% 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 54102 · Borup Volunteer Fire Department, MN 10 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 10
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #21,827
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ortley Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ortley Volunteer Fire Department, SD (+ 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.
- Borup Volunteer (this dept) 10
- High Houston Volunteer, AR 10
- Near Ortley Volunteer, SD 10
- Near Strawberry Fire P…, CA 10
- Near Michie Volunteer…, TN 10
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Borup, MN
- County
- Norman County
- FDID
- 54102
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Borup Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #611 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,827 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster fringe
Borup Volunteer Fire Department is 7.5% of Norman County roster mass
The county lists 8 departments totaling 133 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 75% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 10 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ortley Volunteer Fire Department, SD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 10 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.