Department profile
VolunteerHot Springs Fire Department
Hot Springs, SD · Fall River County. Hot Springs Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 56 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 56
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Hot Springs Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the South Dakota average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +180%
- 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.
Hot Springs Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Hot Springs, SD (Fall River County), with 1 station and 56 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,004 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,004 of 22,440
- SD personnel rank #6 of 257
- 1.79 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Fall River County
Hot Springs Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
56 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 27003 · Hot Springs Fire Department, SD 56 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 56
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #3,004
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ North County Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: North County Fire Protection District of Monterey County, CA (+ 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.
- Hot Springs (this dept) 56
- High Winchester Fire E…, KY 56
- Near North County Fire…, CA 56
- Near Southbridge, MA 56
- Near Middleton Rural F…, ID 56
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Hot Springs, SD
- County
- Fall River County
- FDID
- 27003
Staffing vs the South Dakota average
How Hot Springs Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Dakota. In-state it ranks #6 of 257 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,004 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
Hot Springs Fire Department carries 32.9% of Fall River County HIFLD personnel
Among 10 listed departments (170 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.79 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 56 roster).
Photo-finish peer: North County Fire Protection District of Monterey County, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 56 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SD department.