Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Huron Fire Department - North Station

Huron, SD · Beadle County. Huron Fire Department - North Station is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 31 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.

31
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Huron Fire Department - North Station pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the South Dakota average.

Top 43%
national personnel size
+55%
vs. South Dakota average
2
stations

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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
23/100
Huron Fire Department - North Station

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.

Staffing capacity D
15.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
31 personnel · 2 stations

Huron Fire Department - North Station is a Volunteer department serving Huron, SD (Beadle County), with 2 stations and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,599 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #9,599 of 22,440
  • SD personnel rank #63 of 257
  • 6.45 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 6 other listed departments in Beadle County

Huron Fire Department - North Station vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

31 Top 43% higher than 57% 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 04101 · Huron Fire Department - North Station, SD 31 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 31
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #9,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Aliquippa Bureau…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Aliquippa Bureau of Fire, PA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Huron, SD
FDID
04101

Staffing vs the South Dakota average

How Huron Fire Department - North Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Dakota. In-state it ranks #63 of 257 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,599 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 55% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
17
SD departments
365

County roster weight

Huron Fire Department - North Station carries 27.0% of Beadle County HIFLD personnel

Among 7 listed departments (115 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 57% of the county count. County / state rollup.

6.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 31 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Aliquippa Bureau of Fire, PA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 31 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SD department.