Department profile
VolunteerLetts Community Fire District
Letts, IA · Louisa County. Letts Community Fire District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Letts Community Fire District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Iowa average.
- 27th pct.
- national personnel size
- +5%
- 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.
Letts Community Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Letts, IA (Louisa County), with 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,346 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,346 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #397 of 589
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- 5 other listed departments in Louisa County
Letts Community Fire District 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 58006 · Letts Community Fire District, IA 21 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #16,346
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Randolph Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Randolph Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+ 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.
- Letts Community F… (this dept) 21
- High Tigerton Volunteer, WI 21
- Near Randolph Volunteer, MS 21
- Near Leesville, LA 21
- Near North Granville, NY 21
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Letts, IA
- County
- Louisa County
- FDID
- 58006
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Letts Community Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #397 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,346 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
Letts Community Fire District carries 25.9% of Louisa County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (81 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Randolph Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+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.