Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderDE Soto Fire and Rescue Department
De Soto, IA · Dallas County. DE Soto Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 14 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.
- 14
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
DE Soto Fire and Rescue Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Iowa average.
- 8th pct.
- national personnel size
- -30%
- 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.
DE Soto Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department serving De Soto, IA (Dallas County), with 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,709 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,709 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #556 of 589
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Dallas County
DE Soto Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
14 Top 92% higher than 8% 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 25005 · DE Soto Fire and Rescue Department, IA 14 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 14
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #20,709
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Agnos-Hear-Glenco…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Agnos-Hear-Glencoe Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+ 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.
- DE Soto Fire and… (this dept) 14
- High Tri-County Volunt…, SC 14
- Near Agnos-Hear-Glenco…, AR 14
- Near Mammoth Springs V…, AR 14
- Near Greenfield Townsh…, PA 14
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- De Soto, IA
- County
- Dallas County
- FDID
- 25005
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How DE Soto Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #556 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,709 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster fringe
DE Soto Fire and Rescue Department is 5.2% of Dallas County roster mass
The county lists 15 departments totaling 268 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 67% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 14 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Agnos-Hear-Glencoe Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 14 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.