Department profile
Career (Paid)Cedar Rapids Fire Department - Central Station
Cedar Rapids, IA · Linn County. Cedar Rapids Fire Department - Central Station is a Career (Paid) department, 9 stations and 142 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 142
- Total personnel
- 9
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Cedar Rapids Fire Department - Central Station pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Iowa average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +610%
- vs. Iowa average
- 9
- 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.
Cedar Rapids Fire Department - Central Station is a Career (Paid) department serving Cedar Rapids, IA (Linn County), with 9 stations and 142 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #465 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #465 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #3 of 589
- 6.34 stations per 100 personnel
- 20 other listed departments in Linn County
Cedar Rapids Fire Department - Central Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
142 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 57003 · Cedar Rapids Fire Department - Central Station, IA 142 personnel · 9 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 142
- STA-MULTI 9 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-TOP #465
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Spring Valley Fir…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Spring Valley Fire Department - Columbian Engine Company, NY (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Cedar Rapids Fire… (this dept) 142
- High Winsted, CT 142
- Near Spring Valley Fir…, NY 142
- Near Christiana Fire C…, DE 142
- Near Sellersburg Volun…, IN 142
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- County
- Linn County
- FDID
- 57003
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Cedar Rapids Fire Department - Central Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #3 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #465 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 9
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster weight
Cedar Rapids Fire Department - Central Station carries 25.4% of Linn County HIFLD personnel
Among 22 listed departments (558 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 59% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.34 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (9 stations / 142 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Spring Valley Fire Department - Columbian Engine Company, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 142 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.