Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderMuscatine Fire Department
Muscatine, IA · Muscatine County. Muscatine Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 38 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.
- 38
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Muscatine Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Iowa average.
- Top 30%
- national personnel size
- +90%
- vs. Iowa 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.
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.
Muscatine Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Muscatine, IA (Muscatine County), with 2 stations and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,810 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,810 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #74 of 589
- 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Muscatine County
Muscatine Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
38 Top 30% higher than 70% 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 70006 · Muscatine Fire Department, IA 38 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 38
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,810
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Smackover Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Smackover Volunteer Fire Station, AR (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Muscatine (this dept) 38
- High Sandusky Township…, OH 38
- Near Smackover Volunte…, AR 38
- Near Weyauwega Area Fi…, WI 38
- Near Cascilla Volunteer, MS 38
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Muscatine, IA
- County
- Muscatine County
- FDID
- 70006
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Muscatine Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #74 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,810 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Muscatine County
County mix is mostly volunteer (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 38 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Smackover Volunteer Fire Station, AR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 38 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.