Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Delhi Fire Department

Delhi, IA · Delaware County. Delhi Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 32 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.

32
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Delhi Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Iowa average.

Top 40%
national personnel size
+60%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
72/100
Delhi Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity B
32 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
32 personnel · 1 station

Delhi Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Delhi, IA (Delaware County), with 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,038 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #9,038 of 22,440
  • IA personnel rank #122 of 589
  • 3.13 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 7 other listed departments in Delaware County

Delhi Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

32 Top 40% higher than 60% 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 28003 · Delhi Fire Department, IA 32 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 32
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #9,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ United States Coa…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: United States Coast Guard Fire and Rescue Integrated Support Command - Kodiak, AK (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Delhi, IA
FDID
28003

Staffing vs the Iowa average

How Delhi Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #122 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,038 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 60% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
39
IA departments
810

County roster geometry

Delaware County HIFLD mix around Delhi Fire Department

Delaware County: 8 departments, 157 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 50% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 32 roster).

Photo-finish peer: United States Coast Guard Fire and Rescue Integrated Support Command - Kodiak, AK (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.