Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderElkhart Fire Department
Elkhart, IA · Polk County. Elkhart Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 16 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.
- 16
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Elkhart Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Iowa average.
- 13th pct.
- national personnel size
- -20%
- 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.
Elkhart Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Elkhart, IA (Polk County), with 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,551 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,551 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #529 of 589
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 21 other listed departments in Polk County
Elkhart Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
16 Top 87% higher than 13% 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 77009 · Elkhart Fire Department, IA 16 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 16
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #19,551
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dugger-Cass Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Dugger-Cass Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+ 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.
- Elkhart (this dept) 16
- High Oneida, TN 16
- Near Dugger-Cass Volun…, IN 16
- Near Carlisle-Haddon T…, IN 16
- Near Hewitt, MN 16
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Elkhart, IA
- County
- Polk County
- FDID
- 77009
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Elkhart Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #529 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,551 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster fringe
Elkhart Fire Department is 1.6% of Polk County roster mass
The county lists 23 departments totaling 985 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 16 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Dugger-Cass Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 16 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.