Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Lynd Fire Department / Lynd Ambulance Service

Lynd, MN · Lyon County. Lynd Fire Department / Lynd Ambulance Service is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 14 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.

14
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Lynd Fire Department / Lynd Ambulance Service pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Minnesota average.

7th pct.
national personnel size
-33%
vs. Minnesota 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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
18/100
Lynd Fire Department / Lynd Ambulance Service

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.

Staffing capacity F
14 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
14 personnel · 1 station

Lynd Fire Department / Lynd Ambulance Service is a Volunteer department serving Lynd, MN (Lyon County), with 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,814 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #20,814 of 22,440
  • MN personnel rank #587 of 614
  • 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 9 other listed departments in Lyon County

Lynd Fire Department / Lynd Ambulance Service vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

14 Top 93% higher than 7% 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 42105 · Lynd Fire Department / Lynd Ambulance Service, MN 14 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MICRO 14
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #20,814
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Spartanburg City…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Spartanburg City Fire Department - Central Station, SC (+ 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 MN department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Lynd, MN
FDID
42105

Staffing vs the Minnesota average

How Lynd Fire Department / Lynd Ambulance Service's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #587 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,814 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 33% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
48
MN departments
883

County roster fringe

Lynd Fire Department / Lynd Ambulance Service is 8.0% of Lyon County roster mass

The county lists 11 departments totaling 174 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 36% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 14 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Spartanburg City Fire Department - Central Station, SC (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 14 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.