Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHoly Cross Volunteer Fire Department
Holy Cross, IA · Dubuque County. Holy Cross Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 39 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.
- 39
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Holy Cross Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Iowa average.
- Top 29%
- national personnel size
- +95%
- 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.
Holy Cross Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Holy Cross, IA (Dubuque County), with 1 station and 39 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,523 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,523 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #66 of 589
- 2.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Dubuque County
Holy Cross Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
39 Top 29% higher than 71% 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 31013 · Holy Cross Volunteer Fire Department, IA 39 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 39
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,523
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Orebank Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Orebank Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+ 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.
- Holy Cross Volunt… (this dept) 39
- High Town of Mosheim, TN 39
- Near Orebank Volunteer, TN 39
- Near Mandan Fire Prote…, ND 39
- Near Mandan, ND 39
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Holy Cross, IA
- County
- Dubuque County
- FDID
- 31013
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Holy Cross Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #66 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,523 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster fringe
Holy Cross Volunteer Fire Department is 9.0% of Dubuque County roster mass
The county lists 14 departments totaling 434 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 79% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 39 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Orebank Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 39 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.