Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderDakota Fire and Rescue Department
Dakota, MN · Winona County. Dakota Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 16 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.
- 16
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Dakota Fire and Rescue Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Minnesota average.
- 13th pct.
- national personnel size
- -24%
- 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.
Dakota Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department serving Dakota, MN (Winona County), with 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,526 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,526 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #559 of 614
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Winona County
Dakota Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
16 Top 87% higher than 13% 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 85102 · Dakota Fire and Rescue Department, MN 16 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 16
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #19,526
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Highland Voluntee…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Highland Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, TN (+ 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.
- Dakota Fire and R… (this dept) 16
- High Bentonia Volunteer, MS 16
- Near Highland Voluntee…, TN 16
- Near Blockton Fire Dep…, IA 16
- Near Harrison Township…, OH 16
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Dakota, MN
- County
- Winona County
- FDID
- 85102
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Dakota Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #559 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,526 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
Dakota Fire and Rescue Department is 7.3% of Winona County roster mass
The county lists 15 departments totaling 219 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 67% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 16 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Highland Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 16 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.