Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderFort Madison Fire Department
Fort Madison, IA · Lee County. Fort Madison Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 20 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.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Fort Madison Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Iowa average.
- 24th pct.
- national personnel size
- +0%
- 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.
Fort Madison Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Fort Madison, IA (Lee County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,043 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,043 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #429 of 589
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Lee County
Fort Madison Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 76% higher than 24% 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 56004 · Fort Madison Fire Department, IA 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #17,043
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tyronza Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Tyronza Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Fort Madison (this dept) 20
- High Brook, IN 20
- Near Tyronza Volunteer, AR 20
- Near Goodland Volunteer, IN 20
- Near Beggs Volunteer, OK 20
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Fort Madison, IA
- County
- Lee County
- FDID
- 56004
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Fort Madison Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #429 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,043 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Lee County
County mix is mostly volunteer (6 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Tyronza Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.