Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderFergus Falls Fire Department
Fergus Falls, MN · Otter Tail County. Fergus Falls Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 41 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.
- 41
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Fergus Falls Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Minnesota average.
- Top 25%
- national personnel size
- +95%
- 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.
Fergus Falls Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Fergus Falls, MN (Otter Tail County), with 1 station and 41 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,692 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,692 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #70 of 614
- 2.44 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 16 other listed departments in Otter Tail County
Fergus Falls Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
41 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 56308 · Fergus Falls Fire Department, MN 41 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 41
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,692
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Spring Green Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Spring Green Fire Protection District, WI (+ 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.
- Fergus Falls (this dept) 41
- High Papillion, NE 41
- Near Spring Green Fire…, WI 41
- Near Bethel Township, OH 41
- Near Mineral Wells Vol…, WV 41
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Fergus Falls, MN
- County
- Otter Tail County
- FDID
- 56308
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Fergus Falls Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #70 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,692 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster geometry
Otter Tail County HIFLD mix around Fergus Falls Fire Department
Otter Tail County: 17 departments, 350 personnel (14 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 59% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.44 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 41 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Spring Green Fire Protection District, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 41 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.