Department profile
VolunteerClarence Fire Department
Clarence, IA · Cedar County. Clarence Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Clarence Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Iowa average.
- Top 45%
- national personnel size
- +50%
- 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.
Clarence Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Clarence, IA (Cedar County), with 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,994 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,994 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #155 of 589
- 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
- 5 other listed departments in Cedar County
Clarence Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 45% higher than 55% 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 16002 · Clarence Fire Department, IA 30 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #9,994
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Newcomb Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Newcomb Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Clarence (this dept) 30
- High Foxburg Volunteer…, PA 30
- Near Newcomb Volunteer, NY 30
- Near Capon Valley Volu…, WV 30
- Near Timberville Volun…, VA 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Clarence, IA
- County
- Cedar County
- FDID
- 16002
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Clarence Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #155 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,994 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
Cedar County HIFLD mix around Clarence Fire Department
Cedar County: 6 departments, 184 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 33% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Newcomb Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.