Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Elysian Fire Department

Elysian, MN · Le Sueur County. Elysian 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

Elysian Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Minnesota average.

41st pct.
national personnel size
+19%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
54/100
Elysian 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 C
25 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
25 personnel · 1 station

Elysian Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Elysian, MN (Le Sueur 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 #13,345 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #13,345 of 22,440
  • MN personnel rank #285 of 614
  • 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 7 other listed departments in Le Sueur County

Elysian 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 40102 · Elysian Fire Department, MN 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 #13,345
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Poca Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Poca Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Elysian, MN
FDID
40102

Staffing vs the Minnesota average

How Elysian Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #285 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,345 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 19% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
48
MN departments
883

County roster geometry

Le Sueur County HIFLD mix around Elysian Fire Department

Le Sueur County: 8 departments, 208 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 75% of departments. County / state rollup.

4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Poca Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Cleveland Fire and Rescue
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Kasota Fire Department
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Kilkenny Fire Department
Kilkenny · volunteer
Le Center Fire Department
Le Center · volunteer
Le Sueur Fire Department
Lesueur · volunteer
Montgomery Fire Department
Montgomery · volunteer
Waterville Fire Department
Waterville · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.