Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCity of Griswold Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Griswold, IA · Cass County. City of Griswold Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 22 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.
- 22
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Griswold Volunteer Fire and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Iowa average.
- 31st 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.
City of Griswold Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Griswold, IA (Cass County), with 1 station and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,515 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #15,515 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #359 of 589
- 4.55 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Cass County
City of Griswold Volunteer Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
22 Top 69% higher than 31% 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 15004 · City of Griswold Volunteer Fire and Rescue, IA 22 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 22
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #15,515
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Plainfield Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Plainfield Volunteer Fire Department, MA (+ 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.
- City of Griswold… (this dept) 22
- High Ulen Volunteer, MN 22
- Near Plainfield Volunt…, MA 22
- Near Sheyenne, ND 22
- Near Crown King Fire D…, AZ 22
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Griswold, IA
- County
- Cass County
- FDID
- 15004
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How City of Griswold Volunteer Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #359 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,515 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
Cass County HIFLD mix around City of Griswold Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Cass County: 8 departments, 217 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 88% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.55 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 22 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Plainfield Volunteer Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 22 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.