Department profile
VolunteerNewcastle Fire Department
New Castle, UT · Iron County. Newcastle Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 16
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Newcastle Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Utah average.
- 12th pct.
- national personnel size
- -20%
- vs. Utah 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.
Newcastle Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving New Castle, UT (Iron County), with 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,736 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,736 of 22,440
- UT personnel rank #111 of 162
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Iron County
Newcastle Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
16 Top 88% higher than 12% 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 21007 · Newcastle Fire Department, UT 16 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 16
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #19,736
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Neely Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Neely Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+ 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 UT department.
- Newcastle (this dept) 16
- High Inverness Volunte…, CA 16
- Near Neely Volunteer, MS 16
- Near Everly Fire and R…, IA 16
- Near Lakemont Shores F…, OK 16
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- New Castle, UT
- County
- Iron County
- FDID
- 21007
Staffing vs the Utah average
How Newcastle Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Utah. In-state it ranks #111 of 162 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,736 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 26
- UT departments
- 271
County roster geometry
Iron County HIFLD mix around Newcastle Fire Department
Iron County: 9 departments, 128 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 44% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 16 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Neely Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 16 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every UT department.