Highlands Volunteer Fire Department

What This Data Tells You About Highlands Volunteer Fire Department

Highlands Volunteer Fire Department operates as a Volunteer department in Edgemont, within Custer County, and the HIFLD and USFA records give a precise structural picture of its response capacity. The department reports 25 total personnel, 1 station, no truck inventory reported. EMS capability is listed as unspecified.

Benchmarking against the state gives this profile context. South Dakota has 365 registered fire departments and 7,257 total personnel, averaging roughly 20 staff per department. Highlands Volunteer Fire Department runs 25% above that state average, signalling a larger-than-typical crew likely tied to denser population or higher call volume. The state records about 7,400 fires, 17 fire deaths, and 69% volunteer coverage each year, which shapes training, funding priorities, and mutual-aid patterns felt at every department in the state.

No FEMA AFG or SAFER grant awards are recorded against this department's FDID in USAspending data, which is common for smaller or volunteer-heavy organizations that lean on state and local funding instead.