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Bowdle Volunteer Fire Department

Bowdle, SD · Edmunds County. Bowdle Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department. 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.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Bowdle 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
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
Other department profile

Bowdle Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Bowdle, SD (Edmunds County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 3 other listed departments in Edmunds County

Dispatch plate

Sheet 26002 · Bowdle Volunteer Fire Department, SD personnel n/a

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

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • 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
Bowdle, SD
FDID
26002

County roster geometry

Edmunds County HIFLD mix around Bowdle Volunteer Fire Department

Edmunds County: 4 departments, 71 personnel (3 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 75% of departments. County / state rollup.

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

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Hosmer Fire Department
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Ipswich Volunteer Fire Department
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Roscoe Volunteer Fire Department
Roscoe · volunteer
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Bowdle Volunteer Fire Department have?

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

Does Bowdle Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Bowdle Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Bowdle Volunteer Fire Department operate?

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

What type of fire department is Bowdle Volunteer Fire Department?

Bowdle Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Edmunds County, SD.

How many fire departments are in South Dakota?

South Dakota has 365 fire departments with 7,257 total personnel. 69% are volunteer departments.

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