Department profile
VolunteerLime Springs Fire Department
Lime Springs, IA · Howard County. Lime Springs Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Lime Springs Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Iowa average.
- 23rd pct.
- national personnel size
- +0%
- 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.
Lime Springs Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Lime Springs, IA (Howard County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,260 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,260 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #440 of 589
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 4 other listed departments in Howard County
Lime Springs Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 77% higher than 23% 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 45004 · Lime Springs Fire Department, IA 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #17,260
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bladen Volunteer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bladen Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NE (+ 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.
- Lime Springs (this dept) 20
- High Whiting, IN 20
- Near Bladen Volunteer…, NE 20
- Near Lebanon, OK 20
- Near Hermon Volunteer, NY 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lime Springs, IA
- County
- Howard County
- FDID
- 45004
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Lime Springs Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #440 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,260 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster geometry
Howard County HIFLD mix around Lime Springs Fire Department
Howard County: 5 departments, 84 personnel (4 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bladen Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.