Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderJamaica Fire Department Responders
Jamaica, IA · Guthrie County. Jamaica Fire Department Responders is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 10 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.
- 10
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Jamaica Fire Department Responders pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Iowa average.
- 2nd pct.
- national personnel size
- -50%
- 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.
Jamaica Fire Department Responders is a Volunteer department serving Jamaica, IA (Guthrie County), with 1 station and 10 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,942 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,942 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #584 of 589
- 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Guthrie County
Jamaica Fire Department Responders vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
10 Top 98% higher than 2% 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 39005 · Jamaica Fire Department Responders, IA 10 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 10
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #21,942
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rondo Fire Station
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Rondo Fire Station, AR (+ 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.
- Jamaica Fire Depa… (this dept) 10
- High Glenmora Volunteer, LA 10
- Near Rondo Fire Station, AR 10
- Near Springfield Towns…, WI 10
- Near Mount Zion Commun…, PA 10
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Jamaica, IA
- County
- Guthrie County
- FDID
- 39005
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Jamaica Fire Department Responders's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #584 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,942 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
Jamaica Fire Department Responders is 6.6% of Guthrie County roster mass
The county lists 9 departments totaling 152 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 78% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 10 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Rondo Fire Station, AR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 10 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.