Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderDubuque Fire Department
Dubuque, IA · Dubuque County. Dubuque Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 90 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.
- 90
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Dubuque Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Iowa average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +350%
- vs. Iowa average
- 6
- stations
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.
Dubuque Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Dubuque, IA (Dubuque County), with 6 stations and 90 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,157 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,157 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #7 of 589
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Dubuque County
Dubuque Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
90 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 31007 · Dubuque Fire Department, IA 90 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 90
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,157
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sea Cliff Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sea Cliff Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+ 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 IA department.
- Dubuque (this dept) 90
- High Gap Fire Company, PA 90
- Near Sea Cliff Volunte…, NY 90
- Near Springfield Towns…, PA 90
- Near Livonia Joint Fir…, NY 90
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Dubuque, IA
- County
- Dubuque County
- FDID
- 31007
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Dubuque Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #7 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,157 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Dubuque County
County mix is mostly volunteer (10 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 90 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sea Cliff Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 90 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.