Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Lava Hot Springs Volunteer Fire District

Lava Hot Springs, ID · Bannock County. Lava Hot Springs Volunteer Fire District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 16 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.

16
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Lava Hot Springs Volunteer Fire District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Idaho average.

12th pct.
national personnel size
-6%
vs. Idaho 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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
25/100
Lava Hot Springs Volunteer Fire District

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
16 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
16 personnel · 1 station

Lava Hot Springs Volunteer Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Lava Hot Springs, ID (Bannock County), with 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,661 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #19,661 of 22,440
  • ID personnel rank #119 of 152
  • 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 7 other listed departments in Bannock County

Lava Hot Springs Volunteer Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

16 Top 88% higher than 12% 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 05329 · Lava Hot Springs Volunteer Fire District, ID 16 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 16
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #19,661
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mayview Fire Asso…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Mayview Fire Association, MO (+ 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 ID department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Lava Hot Springs, ID
FDID
05329

Staffing vs the Idaho average

How Lava Hot Springs Volunteer Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Idaho. In-state it ranks #119 of 152 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,661 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 6% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
23
ID departments
292

County roster fringe

Lava Hot Springs Volunteer Fire District is 8.6% of Bannock County roster mass

The county lists 9 departments totaling 187 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 56% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 16 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Mayview Fire Association, MO (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 16 personnel

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