Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderClarks Grove Volunteer Fire Department
Clarks Grove, MN · Freeborn County. Clarks Grove Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Clarks Grove Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Minnesota average.
- 41st pct.
- national personnel size
- +19%
- vs. Minnesota 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.
Clarks Grove Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Clarks Grove, MN (Freeborn County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,195 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,195 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #275 of 614
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Freeborn County
Clarks Grove Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 59% higher than 41% 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 24124 · Clarks Grove Volunteer Fire Department, MN 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #13,195
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fredonia Fire Pro…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Fredonia Fire Protection District, ND (+ 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 MN department.
- Clarks Grove Volu… (this dept) 25
- High Eagle Fire Compan…, IN 25
- Near Fredonia Fire Pro…, ND 25
- Near Highland Volunteer, KY 25
- Near Arnold Volunteer, MD 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Clarks Grove, MN
- County
- Freeborn County
- FDID
- 24124
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Clarks Grove Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #275 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,195 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster fringe
Clarks Grove Volunteer Fire Department is 9.5% of Freeborn County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 264 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 19% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Fredonia Fire Protection District, ND (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.