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Canton-Benton-Shellsburg Fire Administration

Shellsburg, IA · Benton County. Canton-Benton-Shellsburg Fire Administration 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
Canton-Benton-Shellsburg Fire Administration

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

Canton-Benton-Shellsburg Fire Administration is a fire department serving Shellsburg, IA (Benton County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 12 other listed departments in Benton County

Dispatch plate

Sheet IA-CANTON-BENTON-SHELLSBURG-FIRE-ADMINISTRATION-IA · Canton-Benton-Shellsburg Fire Administration, IA personnel n/a

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

  • 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-THIN 1/5 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
Shellsburg, IA

County roster geometry

Benton County HIFLD mix around Canton-Benton-Shellsburg Fire Administration

Benton County: 13 departments, 261 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 31% of departments. County / state rollup.

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Canton-Benton-Shellsburg Fire Administration have?

Personnel data for Canton-Benton-Shellsburg Fire Administration is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Canton-Benton-Shellsburg Fire Administration provide EMS services?

Yes, Canton-Benton-Shellsburg Fire Administration provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Canton-Benton-Shellsburg Fire Administration operate?

Station count data for Canton-Benton-Shellsburg Fire Administration is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Canton-Benton-Shellsburg Fire Administration?

Canton-Benton-Shellsburg Fire Administration is a fire department serving Benton County, IA.

How many fire departments are in Iowa?

Iowa has 810 fire departments with 16,337 total personnel. 70% are volunteer departments.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

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