Department profile
OtherDayton Fire Department
Dayton, MN · Hennepin County. Dayton Fire Department is a fire department, 2 stations and 27 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 27
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Dayton Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Minnesota average.
- 46th pct.
- national personnel size
- +29%
- vs. Minnesota average
- 2
- stations
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.
Dayton Fire Department is a fire department serving Dayton, MN (Hennepin County), with 2 stations and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,010 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,010 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #214 of 614
- 7.41 stations per 100 personnel
- 32 other listed departments in Hennepin County
Dayton Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
27 Top 54% higher than 46% 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 27105 · Dayton Fire Department, MN 27 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 27
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #12,010
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ War Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: War Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+ 0 personnel)
Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every MN department.
- Dayton (this dept) 27
- High Cresbard, SD 27
- Near War Volunteer, WV 27
- Near Brookfield, MA 27
- Near Millville Fire an…, MA 27
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Dayton, MN
- County
- Hennepin County
- FDID
- 27105
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Dayton Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #214 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,010 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster fringe
Dayton Fire Department is 1.6% of Hennepin County roster mass
The county lists 45 departments totaling 1,725 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 27 roster).
Photo-finish peer: War Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 27 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.