Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Magnolia Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association

Magnolia, IA · Harrison County. Magnolia Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 12 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.

12
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Magnolia Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Iowa average.

4th pct.
national personnel size
-40%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
10/100
Magnolia Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association

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
12 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
12 personnel · 1 station

Magnolia Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association is a Volunteer department serving Magnolia, IA (Harrison County), with 1 station and 12 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,477 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #21,477 of 22,440
  • IA personnel rank #577 of 589
  • 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 10 other listed departments in Harrison County

Magnolia Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association vs. the national personnel distribution

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

12 Top 96% higher than 4% 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 43004 · Magnolia Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association, IA 12 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-MICRO 12
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #21,477
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ North Summit Fire…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: North Summit Fire District, UT (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Magnolia, IA
FDID
43004

Staffing vs the Iowa average

How Magnolia Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #577 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,477 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 40% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
39
IA departments
810

County roster fringe

Magnolia Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association is 7.6% of Harrison County roster mass

The county lists 11 departments totaling 158 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 73% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 12 roster).

Photo-finish peer: North Summit Fire District, UT (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 12 personnel

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