Department profile
VolunteerEly Fire Department
Ely, MN · St Louis County. Ely Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 31
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Ely Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Minnesota average.
- Top 43%
- national personnel size
- +48%
- 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.
Ely Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Ely, MN (St Louis County), with 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,539 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,539 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #138 of 614
- 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
- 77 other listed departments in St Louis County
Ely Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
31 Top 43% higher than 57% 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 69323 · Ely Fire Department, MN 31 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 31
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #9,539
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Versailles Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Versailles 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 MN department.
- Ely (this dept) 31
- High Liberty Township, OH 31
- Near Versailles Volunt…, IN 31
- Near Franklin Township, OH 31
- Near Ogallala Volunteer, NE 31
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ely, MN
- County
- St Louis County
- FDID
- 69323
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Ely Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #138 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,539 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
Ely Fire Department is 2.6% 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.
3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Versailles 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 31 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.