Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBrookings Fire Department
Brookings, SD · Brookings County. Brookings Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 48 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.
- 48
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Brookings Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the South Dakota average.
- Top 19%
- national personnel size
- +140%
- vs. South Dakota average
- 4
- stations
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.
Brookings Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Brookings, SD (Brookings County), with 4 stations and 48 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,237 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,237 of 22,440
- SD personnel rank #13 of 257
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Brookings County
Brookings Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
48 Top 19% higher than 81% 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 06001 · Brookings Fire Department, SD 48 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 48
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,237
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pratt and Whitney
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Pratt and Whitney Fire Department, CT (+ 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 SD department.
- Brookings (this dept) 48
- High Dighton Fire Resc…, MA 48
- Near Pratt and Whitney, CT 48
- Near Frystown Fire Com…, PA 48
- Near Somerville Area V…, AL 48
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Brookings, SD
- County
- Brookings County
- FDID
- 06001
Staffing vs the South Dakota average
How Brookings Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Dakota. In-state it ranks #13 of 257 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,237 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 17
- SD departments
- 365
County roster geometry
Brookings County HIFLD mix around Brookings Fire Department
Brookings County: 7 departments, 203 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 43% of departments. County / state rollup.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 48 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Pratt and Whitney Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 48 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SD department.