Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMountain Lake Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service
Mountain Lake, MN · Cottonwood County. Mountain Lake Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Mountain Lake Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Minnesota average.
- 39th pct.
- national personnel size
- +19%
- vs. Minnesota 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.
Mountain Lake Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service is a Volunteer department serving Mountain Lake, MN (Cottonwood County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,723 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,723 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #318 of 614
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Cottonwood County
Mountain Lake Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 61% higher than 39% 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 17103 · Mountain Lake Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service, MN 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #13,723
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Willow Grove Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Willow Grove Volunteer Fire Company, NJ (+ 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.
- Mountain Lake Vol… (this dept) 25
- High Lakeport Fire Pro…, CA 25
- Near Willow Grove Volu…, NJ 25
- Near Nutter Fort Volun…, WV 25
- Near Treasure Lake Vol…, PA 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Mountain Lake, MN
- County
- Cottonwood County
- FDID
- 17103
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Mountain Lake Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #318 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,723 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster weight
Mountain Lake Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service carries 35.2% of Cottonwood County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (71 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 60% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Willow Grove Volunteer Fire Company, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.