Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderDell Rapids Fire Department
Dell Rapids, SD · Minnehaha County. Dell Rapids Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 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.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Dell Rapids Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the South Dakota average.
- 44th pct.
- national personnel size
- +30%
- vs. South Dakota 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.
Dell Rapids Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Dell Rapids, SD (Minnehaha County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,512 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,512 of 22,440
- SD personnel rank #113 of 257
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Minnehaha County
Dell Rapids Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 56% higher than 44% 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 01011 · Dell Rapids Fire Department, SD 26 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,512
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Boulevard Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Boulevard Volunteer Fire Department, MT (+ 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 SD department.
- Dell Rapids (this dept) 26
- High Evangeline Volunt…, LA 26
- Near Boulevard Volunte…, MT 26
- Near Luke Volunteer Fi…, MD 26
- Near Little Basin Cree…, MT 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Dell Rapids, SD
- County
- Minnehaha County
- FDID
- 01011
Staffing vs the South Dakota average
How Dell Rapids Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Dakota. In-state it ranks #113 of 257 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,512 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 17
- SD departments
- 365
County roster fringe
Dell Rapids Fire Department is 4.8% of Minnehaha County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 542 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Boulevard Volunteer Fire Department, MT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SD department.