Department profile
VolunteerGettysburg Volunteer Fire Department
Gettysburg, SD · Potter County. Gettysburg Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 34 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 34
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Gettysburg Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the South Dakota average.
- Top 37%
- national personnel size
- +70%
- vs. South Dakota 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.
Gettysburg Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Gettysburg, SD (Potter County), with 1 station and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,352 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,352 of 22,440
- SD personnel rank #48 of 257
- 2.94 stations per 100 personnel
- 3 other listed departments in Potter County
Gettysburg Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
34 Top 37% higher than 63% 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 54001 · Gettysburg Volunteer Fire Department, SD 34 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 34
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #8,352
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Washington Bottom…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Washington Bottom Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+ 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 SD department.
- Gettysburg Volunt… (this dept) 34
- High Marion Township, OH 34
- Near Washington Bottom…, WV 34
- Near Minden Volunteer, NE 34
- Near Minot Rural, ND 34
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Gettysburg, SD
- County
- Potter County
- FDID
- 54001
Staffing vs the South Dakota average
How Gettysburg Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Dakota. In-state it ranks #48 of 257 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,352 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 17
- SD departments
- 365
County roster weight
Gettysburg Volunteer Fire Department carries 32.1% of Potter County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (106 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 100% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 34 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Washington Bottom Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 34 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SD department.