Department profile
VolunteerChelsea Fire Department
Chelsea, IA · Tama County. Chelsea Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Chelsea Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Iowa average.
- 18th pct.
- national personnel size
- -10%
- 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.
Chelsea Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Chelsea, IA (Tama County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,370 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,370 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #478 of 589
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Tama County
Chelsea Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 82% higher than 18% 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 86001 · Chelsea Fire Department, IA 18 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #18,370
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pleasant Township
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Pleasant Township Fire Department, IN (+ 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.
- Chelsea (this dept) 18
- High Luttrell Volunteer, TN 18
- Near Pleasant Township, IN 18
- Near Folsomville Volun…, IN 18
- Near Saint Leo, MN 18
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Chelsea, IA
- County
- Tama County
- FDID
- 86001
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Chelsea Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #478 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,370 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster fringe
Chelsea Fire Department is 9.2% of Tama County roster mass
The county lists 8 departments totaling 196 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 50% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Pleasant Township Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.