Department profile
Career (Paid)Doland Fire Department
Doland, SD · Spink County. Doland Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Doland Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the South Dakota average.
- 18th pct.
- national personnel size
- -10%
- 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.
Doland Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Doland, SD (Spink County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,439 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,439 of 22,440
- SD personnel rank #214 of 257
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- 10 other listed departments in Spink County
Doland Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 82% higher than 18% 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 57006 · Doland Fire Department, SD 18 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #18,439
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Robins
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Robins Fire Department, IA (+ 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.
- Doland (this dept) 18
- High Leleux Volunteer, LA 18
- Near Robins, IA 18
- Near Thurman Volunteer…, NY 18
- Near Indian Bayou Volu…, LA 18
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Doland, SD
- County
- Spink County
- FDID
- 57006
Staffing vs the South Dakota average
How Doland Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Dakota. In-state it ranks #214 of 257 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,439 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
Doland Fire Department is 9.1% of Spink County roster mass
The county lists 11 departments totaling 198 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 36% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Robins Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SD department.