Department profile
VolunteerHoward Fire Department
Howard, SD · Miner County. Howard Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 23
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Howard Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the South Dakota average.
- 33rd pct.
- national personnel size
- +15%
- 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.
Howard Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Howard, SD (Miner County), with 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,119 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #15,119 of 22,440
- SD personnel rank #170 of 257
- 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
- 5 other listed departments in Miner County
Howard Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
23 Top 67% higher than 33% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more departments. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 51001 · Howard Fire Department, SD 23 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 23
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #15,119
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bradford Voluntee…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bradford Volunteer Fire Company, NY (+ 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.
- Howard (this dept) 23
- High Hacker Valley Vol…, WV 23
- Near Bradford Voluntee…, NY 23
- Near Brushy Mountain V…, OK 23
- Near Clancy Volunteer…, MT 23
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Howard, SD
- County
- Miner County
- FDID
- 51001
Staffing vs the South Dakota average
How Howard Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Dakota. In-state it ranks #170 of 257 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,119 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
Howard Fire Department carries 53.5% of Miner County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (43 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 33% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 23 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bradford Volunteer Fire Company, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 23 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SD department.