Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderElm Springs Fire Department
Wasta, SD · Meade County. Elm Springs Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Elm Springs Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the South Dakota average.
- 41st pct.
- national personnel size
- +25%
- vs. South Dakota 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.
Elm Springs Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Wasta, SD (Meade County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,339 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,339 of 22,440
- SD personnel rank #131 of 257
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Meade County
Elm Springs Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 59% higher than 41% 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 49010 · Elm Springs Fire Department, SD 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #13,339
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sabula Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sabula Volunteer Fire Department, IA (+ 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 SD department.
- Elm Springs (this dept) 25
- High Dannebrog Volunte…, NE 25
- Near Sabula Volunteer, IA 25
- Near Bodega Volunteer, CA 25
- Near Elba Volunteer Fi…, NE 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Wasta, SD
- County
- Meade County
- FDID
- 49010
Staffing vs the South Dakota average
How Elm Springs Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Dakota. In-state it ranks #131 of 257 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,339 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 17
- SD departments
- 365
County roster geometry
Meade County HIFLD mix around Elm Springs Fire Department
Meade County: 11 departments, 177 personnel (5 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 55% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sabula Volunteer Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SD department.