Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMartensdale Fire and Rescue Department
Martensdale, IA · Warren County. Martensdale Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department and 18 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.
- 18
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Martensdale Fire and Rescue Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Iowa average.
- 17th pct.
- national personnel size
- -10%
- vs. Iowa average
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.
Martensdale Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department serving Martensdale, IA (Warren County) and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,661 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,661 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #487 of 589
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Warren County
Martensdale Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 83% higher than 17% 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 91007 · Martensdale Fire and Rescue Department, IA 18 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #18,661
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brookston Prairie…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Brookston Prairie Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+ 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.
- Martensdale Fire… (this dept) 18
- High Rockport, KY 18
- Near Brookston Prairie…, IN 18
- Near Idaville Volunteer, IN 18
- Near Langdon Fire and…, NH 18
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Martensdale, IA
- County
- Warren County
- FDID
- 91007
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Martensdale Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #487 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,661 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster fringe
Martensdale Fire and Rescue Department is 7.6% of Warren County roster mass
The county lists 9 departments totaling 238 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Brookston Prairie Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.