Department profile
VolunteerElbow-Tulaby Lakes Fire Department
Waubun, MN · Becker County. Elbow-Tulaby Lakes Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 14
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Elbow-Tulaby Lakes Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Minnesota average.
- 8th pct.
- national personnel size
- -33%
- vs. Minnesota 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.
Elbow-Tulaby Lakes Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Waubun, MN (Becker County), with 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,729 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,729 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #586 of 614
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- 9 other listed departments in Becker County
Elbow-Tulaby Lakes Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
14 Top 92% higher than 8% 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 03110 · Elbow-Tulaby Lakes Fire Department, MN 14 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 14
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #20,729
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lake Linden Villa…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lake Linden Village Fire Department, MI (+ 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 MN department.
- Elbow-Tulaby Lakes (this dept) 14
- High Thatcher - Penros…, UT 14
- Near Lake Linden Villa…, MI 14
- Near Copper City Volun…, MI 14
- Near Tamarack City Vol…, MI 14
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Waubun, MN
- County
- Becker County
- FDID
- 03110
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Elbow-Tulaby Lakes Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #586 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,729 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster fringe
Elbow-Tulaby Lakes Fire Department is 8.0% of Becker County roster mass
The county lists 10 departments totaling 175 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 20% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 14 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lake Linden Village Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 14 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.