Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderGranite Falls Fire Department
Granite Falls, MN · Yellow Medicine County. Granite Falls Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 70 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.
- 70
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Granite Falls Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Minnesota average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +233%
- vs. Minnesota average
- 2
- stations
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.
Granite Falls Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Granite Falls, MN (Yellow Medicine County), with 2 stations and 70 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,922 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,922 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #15 of 614
- 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Yellow Medicine County
Granite Falls Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
70 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 87104 · Granite Falls Fire Department, MN 70 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 70
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,922
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ North Metcalfe Vo…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: North Metcalfe Volunteer Fire Department, 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 MN department.
- Granite Falls (this dept) 70
- High Penn Yan, NY 70
- Near North Metcalfe Vo…, KY 70
- Near Eureka Volunteer…, PA 70
- Near North Codorus Tow…, PA 70
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Granite Falls, MN
- County
- Yellow Medicine County
- FDID
- 87104
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Granite Falls Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #15 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,922 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster weight
Granite Falls Fire Department carries 30.8% of Yellow Medicine County HIFLD personnel
Among 8 listed departments (227 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 88% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 70 roster).
Photo-finish peer: North Metcalfe Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 70 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.