Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

McGregor Volunteer Fire Department

Mcgregor, MN · Aitkin County. McGregor Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 23 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.

23
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

McGregor Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Minnesota average.

32nd pct.
national personnel size
+10%
vs. Minnesota average
2
stations

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
McGregor Volunteer Fire Department

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
11.5 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
23 personnel · 2 stations

McGregor Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Mcgregor, MN (Aitkin County), with 2 stations and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,190 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #15,190 of 22,440
  • MN personnel rank #389 of 614
  • 8.70 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 5 other listed departments in Aitkin County

McGregor Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

23 Top 68% higher than 32% 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 01505 · McGregor Volunteer Fire Department, MN 23 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-SMALL 23
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #15,190
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ South Mills Volun…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: South Mills Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+ 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
Mcgregor, MN
FDID
01505

Staffing vs the Minnesota average

How McGregor Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #389 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,190 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 10% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
48
MN departments
883

County roster geometry

Aitkin County HIFLD mix around McGregor Volunteer Fire Department

Aitkin County: 7 departments, 149 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 43% of departments. County / state rollup.

8.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 23 roster).

Photo-finish peer: South Mills Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 23 personnel

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