Department profile
VolunteerDerby Volunteer Fire Department
Derby, IA · Lucas County. Derby Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Derby Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Iowa average.
- 10th pct.
- national personnel size
- -25%
- 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.
Derby Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Derby, IA (Lucas County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,101 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,101 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #540 of 589
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 4 other listed departments in Lucas County
Derby Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 90% higher than 10% 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 59002 · Derby Volunteer Fire Department, IA 15 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #20,101
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cornersville
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cornersville 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.
- Derby Volunteer (this dept) 15
- High Knight Volunteer, LA 15
- Near Cornersville, TN 15
- Near Oil Springs Volun…, KY 15
- Near Caney Volunteer, LA 15
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Derby, IA
- County
- Lucas County
- FDID
- 59002
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Derby Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #540 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,101 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
Lucas County HIFLD mix around Derby Volunteer Fire Department
Lucas County: 5 departments, 118 personnel (4 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 80% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cornersville Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.