Department profile
VolunteerDows Fire Department
Dows, IA · Wright County. Dows Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 total personnel. 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
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Dows Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Iowa average.
- 44th pct.
- national personnel size
- +30%
- 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.
Dows Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Dows, IA (Wright 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 #12,520 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,520 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #237 of 589
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- 6 other listed departments in Wright County
Dows 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 99003 · Dows Fire Department, IA 26 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #12,520
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Millard-East Shel…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Millard-East Shelbiana Volunteer Fire and Rescue, KY (+ 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.
- Dows (this dept) 26
- High Gleason Volunteer, TN 26
- Near Millard-East Shel…, KY 26
- Near District 3 Fire a…, TN 26
- Near Sharon Volunteer, TN 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Dows, IA
- County
- Wright County
- FDID
- 99003
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Dows Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #237 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,520 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster weight
Dows Fire Department carries 30.2% of Wright County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (86 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 57% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Millard-East Shelbiana Volunteer Fire and Rescue, KY (+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 IA department.