Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Donnellson Fire Association

Donnellson, IA · Lee County. Donnellson Fire Association is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 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.

25
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Donnellson Fire Association pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Iowa average.

41st 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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
54/100
Donnellson Fire Association

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 C
25 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
25 personnel · 1 station

Donnellson Fire Association is a Volunteer department serving Donnellson, IA (Lee County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,289 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #13,289 of 22,440
  • IA personnel rank #262 of 589
  • 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 9 other listed departments in Lee County

Donnellson Fire Association vs. the national personnel distribution

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

25 Top 59% higher than 41% 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 56003 · Donnellson Fire Association, IA 25 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 25
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #13,289
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Janice Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Janice Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+ 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
Donnellson, IA
FDID
56003

Staffing vs the Iowa average

How Donnellson Fire Association's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #262 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,289 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 25% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
39
IA departments
810

County roster geometry

Lee County HIFLD mix around Donnellson Fire Association

Lee County: 10 departments, 183 personnel (6 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 90% of departments. County / state rollup.

4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Janice Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel

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