Department profile
VolunteerEllsburg Volunteer Fire Department - West Beth Hall
Cotton, MN · St Louis County. Ellsburg Volunteer Fire Department - West Beth Hall is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 15 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Ellsburg Volunteer Fire Department - West Beth Hall pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Minnesota average.
- 10th pct.
- national personnel size
- -29%
- vs. Minnesota average
- 2
- 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.
Ellsburg Volunteer Fire Department - West Beth Hall is a Volunteer department serving Cotton, MN (St Louis County), with 2 stations and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,124 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,124 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #576 of 614
- 13.33 stations per 100 personnel
- 77 other listed departments in St Louis County
Ellsburg Volunteer Fire Department - West Beth Hall vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 90% higher than 10% 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 69141 · Ellsburg Volunteer Fire Department - West Beth Hall, MN 15 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MICRO · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #20,124
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Doyle Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Doyle Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+ 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.
- Ellsburg Voluntee… (this dept) 15
- High Poughkeepsie Volu…, AR 15
- Near Doyle Volunteer, OK 15
- Near Grant, IA 15
- Near Three Forks Volun…, MS 15
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Cotton, MN
- County
- St Louis County
- FDID
- 69141
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Ellsburg Volunteer Fire Department - West Beth Hall's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #576 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,124 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster fringe
Ellsburg Volunteer Fire Department - West Beth Hall is 1.3% of St Louis County roster mass
The county lists 86 departments totaling 1,199 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 67% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
13.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Doyle Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.