Department profile
VolunteerDecorah Fire Department
Decorah, IA · Winneshiek County. Decorah Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Decorah Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Iowa average.
- Top 34%
- national personnel size
- +75%
- 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.
Decorah Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Decorah, IA (Winneshiek County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,721 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,721 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #90 of 589
- 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Winneshiek County
Decorah Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 34% higher than 66% 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 96003 · Decorah Fire Department, IA 35 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #7,721
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fall Branch Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Fall Branch Volunteer Fire Department, 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 IA department.
- Decorah (this dept) 35
- High Altura, MN 35
- Near Fall Branch Volun…, TN 35
- Near Central Joint Fir…, OH 35
- Near Buffalo, MN 35
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Decorah, IA
- County
- Winneshiek County
- FDID
- 96003
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Decorah Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #90 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,721 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
Winneshiek County HIFLD mix around Decorah Fire Department
Winneshiek County: 8 departments, 185 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 38% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Fall Branch Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.