Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderLehigh Fire Department and Rescue
Lehigh, IA · Webster County. Lehigh Fire Department and Rescue 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
Lehigh Fire Department and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Iowa average.
- 12th pct.
- national personnel size
- -20%
- 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.
Lehigh Fire Department and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Lehigh, IA (Webster 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 #19,667 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,667 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #533 of 589
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Webster County
Lehigh Fire Department and Rescue 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 94010 · Lehigh Fire Department and Rescue, IA 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 #19,667
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Eastland Fire and…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Eastland Fire and Rescue, TN (+ 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.
- Lehigh Fire Depar… (this dept) 16
- High Poneto Volunteer…, IN 16
- Near Eastland Fire and…, TN 16
- Near Dundee, KY 16
- Near Carlisle City, KY 16
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lehigh, IA
- County
- Webster County
- FDID
- 94010
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Lehigh Fire Department and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #533 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,667 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
Lehigh Fire Department and Rescue is 8.2% of Webster County roster mass
The county lists 13 departments totaling 195 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 62% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 16 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Eastland Fire and Rescue, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 16 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.