Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderLittle Sioux Fire Department
Little Sioux, IA · Harrison County. Little Sioux Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 19 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.
- 19
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Little Sioux Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Iowa average.
- 20th 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.
Little Sioux Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Little Sioux, IA (Harrison County), with 1 station and 19 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,064 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,064 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #462 of 589
- 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Harrison County
Little Sioux Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
19 Top 80% higher than 20% 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 43002 · Little Sioux Fire Department, IA 19 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 19
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #18,064
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Courtney Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Courtney Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+ 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.
- Little Sioux (this dept) 19
- High Archibald-Alto Fi…, LA 19
- Near Courtney Volunteer, OK 19
- Near Sharon, PA 19
- Near Little River Volu…, WI 19
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Little Sioux, IA
- County
- Harrison County
- FDID
- 43002
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Little Sioux Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #462 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,064 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
Harrison County HIFLD mix around Little Sioux Fire Department
Harrison County: 11 departments, 158 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 73% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 19 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Courtney Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 19 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.