Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Moorhead Fire Department / Moorhead Rescue Unit

Moorhead, IA · Monona County. Moorhead Fire Department / Moorhead Rescue Unit is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 19 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.

19
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Moorhead Fire Department / Moorhead Rescue Unit pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Iowa average.

19th pct.
national personnel size
-5%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
35/100
Moorhead Fire Department / Moorhead Rescue Unit

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 D
19 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
19 personnel · 1 station

Moorhead Fire Department / Moorhead Rescue Unit is a Volunteer department serving Moorhead, IA (Monona County), with 1 station and 19 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,098 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #18,098 of 22,440
  • IA personnel rank #465 of 589
  • 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 7 other listed departments in Monona County

Moorhead Fire Department / Moorhead Rescue Unit vs. the national personnel distribution

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

19 Top 81% higher than 19% 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 12674 · Moorhead Fire Department / Moorhead Rescue Unit, IA 19 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 19
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #18,098
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Eastanollee Volun…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Eastanollee Volunteer Fire Department, GA (+ 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
Moorhead, IA
FDID
12674

Staffing vs the Iowa average

How Moorhead Fire Department / Moorhead Rescue Unit's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #465 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,098 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 5% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
39
IA departments
810

County roster geometry

Monona County HIFLD mix around Moorhead Fire Department / Moorhead Rescue Unit

Monona County: 9 departments, 132 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.

5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 19 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Eastanollee Volunteer Fire Department, GA (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 19 personnel

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