Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Boyden Fire Rescue and Ambulance

Boyden, IA · Sioux County. Boyden Fire Rescue and Ambulance is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 17 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.

17
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Boyden Fire Rescue and Ambulance pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Iowa average.

15th pct.
national personnel size
-15%
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
28/100
Boyden Fire Rescue and Ambulance

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
17 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
17 personnel · 1 station

Boyden Fire Rescue and Ambulance is a Volunteer department serving Boyden, IA (Sioux County), with 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,016 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #19,016 of 22,440
  • IA personnel rank #504 of 589
  • 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in Sioux County

Boyden Fire Rescue and Ambulance vs. the national personnel distribution

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

17 Top 85% higher than 15% 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 84002 · Boyden Fire Rescue and Ambulance, IA 17 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 17
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #19,016
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mayslick Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Mayslick Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Boyden, IA
FDID
84002

Staffing vs the Iowa average

How Boyden Fire Rescue and Ambulance's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #504 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,016 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 15% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
39
IA departments
810

County roster geometry

Sioux County HIFLD mix around Boyden Fire Rescue and Ambulance

Sioux County: 10 departments, 144 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 70% of departments. County / state rollup.

5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 17 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Mayslick Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Alton Volunteer Fire Department
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Granville Fire and Rescue
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Hawarden Fire and Rescue
Hawarden · other
Hospers Fire Department
Hospers · volunteer
Hull City Fire Department
Hull · volunteer
Ireton Rescue Squad
Ireton · other
Sioux Center Fire Department
Sioux Center · volunteer
All IA departments →

Nationwide volunteer peers near 17 personnel

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