Department profile
VolunteerLake Elmo Fire Department
Lake Elmo, MN · Washington County. Lake Elmo Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 29 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Lake Elmo Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Minnesota average.
- Top 49%
- national personnel size
- +38%
- vs. Minnesota 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.
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.
Lake Elmo Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Lake Elmo, MN (Washington County), with 2 stations and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,093 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,093 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #191 of 614
- 6.90 stations per 100 personnel
- 14 other listed departments in Washington County
Lake Elmo Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 49% higher than 51% 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 82107 · Lake Elmo Fire Department, MN 29 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #11,093
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Carlisle
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Carlisle Fire Department, OH (+ 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 MN department.
- Lake Elmo (this dept) 29
- High Purdue University, IN 29
- Near Carlisle, OH 29
- Near Clinton Township, IN 29
- Near Turtlecreek Towns…, OH 29
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lake Elmo, MN
- County
- Washington County
- FDID
- 82107
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Lake Elmo Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #191 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,093 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster fringe
Lake Elmo Fire Department is 5.4% of Washington County roster mass
The county lists 19 departments totaling 538 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 42% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.90 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Carlisle Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.