Department profile
Career (Paid)Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Fire Department
Hot Springs, SD · Fall River County. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 11 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 11
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the South Dakota average.
- 3rd pct.
- national personnel size
- -45%
- 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.
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Hot Springs, SD (Fall River County), with 1 station and 11 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,702 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,702 of 22,440
- SD personnel rank #248 of 257
- 9.09 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Fall River County
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
11 Top 97% higher than 3% 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 27007 · Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Fire Department, SD 11 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 11
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #21,702
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Monterey Penninsu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Monterey Penninsula Airport Fire Department, CA (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Department of Vet… (this dept) 11
- High Cottondale Volunt…, FL 11
- Near Monterey Penninsu…, CA 11
- Near Wheeler Crest Fir…, CA 11
- Near Jasonville Volunt…, IN 11
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Hot Springs, SD
- County
- Fall River County
- FDID
- 27007
Staffing vs the South Dakota average
How Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Dakota. In-state it ranks #248 of 257 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,702 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
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Fire Department is 6.5% of Fall River County roster mass
The county lists 10 departments totaling 170 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
9.09 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 11 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Monterey Penninsula Airport Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 11 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SD department.