Department profile
VolunteerHarlan Fire Department
Harlan, IA · Shelby County. Harlan Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 77 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 77
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Harlan Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Iowa average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +285%
- 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.
Harlan Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Harlan, IA (Shelby County), with 1 station and 77 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,586 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,586 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #8 of 589
- 1.30 stations per 100 personnel
- 9 other listed departments in Shelby County
Harlan Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
77 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 83004 · Harlan Fire Department, IA 77 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 77
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-TOP #1,586
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Deerfield Townshi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Deerfield Township Fire Rescue, OH (+ 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.
- Harlan (this dept) 77
- High Visalia, CA 77
- Near Deerfield Townshi…, OH 77
- Near Kingsbury Volunte…, NY 77
- Near Okolona, KY 77
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Harlan, IA
- County
- Shelby County
- FDID
- 83004
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Harlan Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #8 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,586 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster weight
Harlan Fire Department carries 36.5% of Shelby County HIFLD personnel
Among 10 listed departments (211 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 60% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.30 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 77 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Deerfield Township Fire Rescue, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 77 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.