Department profile
VolunteerMelrose Fire Department
Melrose, IA · Monroe County. Melrose Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 12 total personnel. 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
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Melrose Fire Department 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.
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.
Melrose Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Melrose, IA (Monroe 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 #21,485 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,485 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #578 of 589
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- 1 other listed department in Monroe County
Melrose Fire Department 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 68003 · Melrose Fire Department, IA 12 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 12
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #21,485
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Martin Creek Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Martin Creek Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+ 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.
- Melrose (this dept) 12
- High Big Level Volunte…, MS 12
- Near Martin Creek Volu…, AR 12
- Near Tutwiler Volunteer, MS 12
- Near Lobelville Volunt…, TN 12
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Melrose, IA
- County
- Monroe County
- FDID
- 68003
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Melrose Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #578 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,485 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster weight
Melrose Fire Department carries 100.0% of Monroe County HIFLD personnel
Among 2 listed departments (12 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 12 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Martin Creek Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nationwide volunteer peers near 12 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.