Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNew Ulm Fire Department Main Station
New Ulm, MN · Brown County. New Ulm Fire Department Main Station is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 46 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.
- 46
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
New Ulm Fire Department Main Station pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Minnesota average.
- Top 21%
- national personnel size
- +119%
- 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.
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.
New Ulm Fire Department Main Station is a Volunteer department serving New Ulm, MN (Brown County), with 2 stations and 46 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,642 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,642 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #52 of 614
- 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Brown County
New Ulm Fire Department Main Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 08103 · New Ulm Fire Department Main Station, MN 46 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 46
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,642
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rolla Rural Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Rolla Rural Fire Protection Association - North, MO (+ 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.
- New Ulm Fire Depa… (this dept) 46
- High Johnson, VT 46
- Near Rolla Rural Fire…, MO 46
- Near Edgewater Departm…, FL 46
- Near Voluntown, CT 46
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- New Ulm, MN
- County
- Brown County
- FDID
- 08103
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How New Ulm Fire Department Main Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #52 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,642 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster weight
New Ulm Fire Department Main Station carries 35.9% of Brown County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (128 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 83% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 46 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Rolla Rural Fire Protection Association - North, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 46 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.