Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderElberon Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Elberon, IA · Tama County. Elberon Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 29 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.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Elberon Volunteer Fire and Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Iowa average.
- Top 49%
- national personnel size
- +45%
- 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.
Elberon Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Elberon, IA (Tama County), with 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,027 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,027 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #191 of 589
- 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Tama County
Elberon Volunteer Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 49% higher than 51% 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 86004 · Elberon Volunteer Fire and Rescue, IA 29 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,027
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Howard Lake Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Howard Lake Fire Department and Ambulance Service, MN (+ 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.
- Elberon Volunteer… (this dept) 29
- High Turtlecreek Towns…, OH 29
- Near Howard Lake Fire…, MN 29
- Near Goodview Volunteer, MN 29
- Near Risingsun Volunte…, OH 29
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Elberon, IA
- County
- Tama County
- FDID
- 86004
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Elberon Volunteer Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #191 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,027 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
Tama County HIFLD mix around Elberon Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Tama County: 8 departments, 196 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 50% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Howard Lake Fire Department and Ambulance Service, MN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.