Department profile
VolunteerLake Park Fire Department
Lake Park, IA · Dickinson County. Lake Park Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 42 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 42
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Lake Park Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Iowa average.
- Top 25%
- national personnel size
- +110%
- 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.
Lake Park Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Lake Park, IA (Dickinson County), with 1 station and 42 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,525 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,525 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #50 of 589
- 2.38 stations per 100 personnel
- 6 other listed departments in Dickinson County
Lake Park Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
42 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 30002 · Lake Park Fire Department, IA 42 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 42
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #5,525
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Farmington Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Farmington Volunteer Fire Company, DE (+ 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.
- Lake Park (this dept) 42
- High Philip City Volun…, SD 42
- Near Farmington Volunt…, DE 42
- Near Lancaster City, SC 42
- Near Xenia, OH 42
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lake Park, IA
- County
- Dickinson County
- FDID
- 30002
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Lake Park Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #50 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,525 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster weight
Lake Park Fire Department carries 30.0% of Dickinson County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (140 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 71% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.38 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 42 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Farmington Volunteer Fire Company, DE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 42 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.