Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderLawton Fire and Rescue
Lawton, IA · Woodbury County. Lawton Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 21 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.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Lawton Fire and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Iowa average.
- 27th pct.
- national personnel size
- +5%
- vs. Iowa 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.
Lawton Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Lawton, IA (Woodbury County), with 2 stations and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,340 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,340 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #396 of 589
- 9.52 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Woodbury County
Lawton Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 73% higher than 27% 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 97007 · Lawton Fire and Rescue, IA 21 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,340
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kimper Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Kimper Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+ 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.
- Lawton Fire and R… (this dept) 21
- High Buffalo Liberty T…, IN 21
- Near Kimper Volunteer, KY 21
- Near Watertown Volunte…, TN 21
- Near Cherry Creek Volu…, TN 21
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lawton, IA
- County
- Woodbury County
- FDID
- 97007
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Lawton Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #396 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,340 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster geometry
Woodbury County HIFLD mix around Lawton Fire and Rescue
Woodbury County: 16 departments, 183 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 75% of departments. County / state rollup.
9.52 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Kimper Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.