Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBrewster Fire and Rescue Department
Brewster, MN · Nobles County. Brewster Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Brewster Fire and Rescue Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Minnesota average.
- 42nd pct.
- national personnel size
- +19%
- vs. Minnesota average
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.
Brewster Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department serving Brewster, MN (Nobles County) and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,098 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,098 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #272 of 614
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Nobles County
Brewster Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 58% higher than 42% 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 53103 · Brewster Fire and Rescue Department, MN 25 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #13,098
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wyoming
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Wyoming Fire Department, IA (+ 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.
- Brewster Fire and… (this dept) 25
- High Olive Township Vo…, OH 25
- Near Wyoming, IA 25
- Near Claryville, NY 25
- Near Center Junction, IA 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Brewster, MN
- County
- Nobles County
- FDID
- 53103
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Brewster Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #272 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,098 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster geometry
Nobles County HIFLD mix around Brewster Fire and Rescue Department
Nobles County: 10 departments, 180 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 70% of departments. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Wyoming Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.