Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderFosston Volunteer Fire Department
Fosston, MN · Polk County. Fosston Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 44 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.
- 44
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Fosston Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Minnesota average.
- Top 23%
- national personnel size
- +110%
- 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.
Fosston Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Fosston, MN (Polk County), with 1 station and 44 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,126 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,126 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #59 of 614
- 2.27 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Polk County
Fosston Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
44 Top 23% higher than 77% 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 60108 · Fosston Volunteer Fire Department, MN 44 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 44
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,126
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Flowood
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Flowood Fire Department, MS (+ 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.
- Fosston Volunteer (this dept) 44
- High M and M Fire and…, OH 44
- Near Flowood, MS 44
- Near City of Franklin…, VA 44
- Near Wolbach Volunteer…, NE 44
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Fosston, MN
- County
- Polk County
- FDID
- 60108
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Fosston Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #59 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,126 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
Polk County HIFLD mix around Fosston Volunteer Fire Department
Polk County: 13 departments, 297 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.27 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 44 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Flowood Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 44 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.