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Elma Fire Department

Elma, IA · Howard County. Elma Fire Department is a fire department. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Elma Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
Other department profile

Elma Fire Department is a fire department serving Elma, IA (Howard County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields.

  • 4 other listed departments in Howard County

Dispatch plate

Sheet IA-ELMA-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-IA · Elma Fire Department, IA personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-THIN

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-THIN 1/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Elma, IA

County roster geometry

Howard County HIFLD mix around Elma Fire Department

Howard County: 5 departments, 84 personnel (4 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Elma Fire Department have?

Personnel data for Elma Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Elma Fire Department provide EMS services?

Elma Fire Department is not listed as providing EMS in the HIFLD record. Contact local emergency services to confirm which agency covers medical calls.

How many fire stations does Elma Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Elma Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Elma Fire Department?

Elma Fire Department is a fire department serving Howard County, IA.

How many fire departments are in Iowa?

Iowa has 810 fire departments with 16,337 total personnel. 70% are volunteer departments.

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.