Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderFarmington Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Farmington, IA · Van Buren County. Farmington Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 31 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.
- 31
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Farmington Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Iowa average.
- Top 43%
- national personnel size
- +55%
- vs. Iowa 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.
Farmington Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Farmington, IA (Van Buren 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 #9,550 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,550 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #140 of 589
- 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Van Buren County
Farmington Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services 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 89005 · Farmington Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, IA 31 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 31
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,550
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Centerville Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Centerville Fire and Rescue, 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 IA department.
- Farmington Fire D… (this dept) 31
- High Columbia Township, IN 31
- Near Centerville Fire…, IN 31
- Near West Liberty, KY 31
- Near Nolichuckey Valle…, TN 31
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Farmington, IA
- County
- Van Buren County
- FDID
- 89005
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Farmington Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #140 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,550 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster geometry
Van Buren County HIFLD mix around Farmington Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Van Buren County: 8 departments, 130 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 25% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Centerville Fire and Rescue, 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 IA department.