Department profile

Volunteer

Fort Atkinson Fire Department

Fort Atkinson, IA · Winneshiek County. Fort Atkinson Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

26
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Fort Atkinson Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Iowa average.

44th pct.
national personnel size
+30%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
57/100
Fort Atkinson 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
26 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
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
26 personnel · 1 station

Fort Atkinson Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Fort Atkinson, IA (Winneshiek County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,558 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #12,558 of 22,440
  • IA personnel rank #240 of 589
  • 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
  • 7 other listed departments in Winneshiek County

Fort Atkinson Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

26 Top 56% higher than 44% 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 96004 · Fort Atkinson Fire Department, IA 26 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 26
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #12,558
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Millard-East Shel…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Millard-East Shelbiana Volunteer Fire and Rescue, KY (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Fort Atkinson, IA
FDID
96004

Staffing vs the Iowa average

How Fort Atkinson Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #240 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,558 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 30% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
39
IA departments
810

County roster geometry

Winneshiek County HIFLD mix around Fort Atkinson Fire Department

Winneshiek County: 8 departments, 185 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 38% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Millard-East Shelbiana Volunteer Fire and Rescue, KY (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel

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