Department profile
VolunteerBuffalo Center Fire Department
Buffalo Center, IA · Winnebago County. Buffalo Center Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Buffalo Center Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Iowa average.
- 25th pct.
- national personnel size
- +0%
- 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.
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.
Buffalo Center Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Buffalo Center, IA (Winnebago County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,766 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,766 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #418 of 589
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 4 other listed departments in Winnebago County
Buffalo Center Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 75% higher than 25% 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 95001 · Buffalo Center Fire Department, IA 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #16,766
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Vincent Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Vincent 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.
- Buffalo Center (this dept) 20
- High Greenfield, TN 20
- Near Vincent Volunteer, KY 20
- Near District 7 North…, TN 20
- Near Ore Springs / Com…, TN 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Buffalo Center, IA
- County
- Winnebago County
- FDID
- 95001
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Buffalo Center Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #418 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,766 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster geometry
Winnebago County HIFLD mix around Buffalo Center Fire Department
Winnebago County: 5 departments, 101 personnel (4 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Vincent Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.