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North Haines Volunteer Fire Department

Rapid City, SD · Pennington County. North Haines Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 28 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.

28
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

North Haines Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the South Dakota average.

48th pct.
national personnel size
+40%
vs. South Dakota average
1
station
$1,139,603
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
72/100
North Haines Volunteer Fire Department

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 B
28 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 A
$40,700 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
28 personnel · 1 station

North Haines Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Rapid City, SD (Pennington County), with 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,669 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,139,603.

  • National personnel rank #11,669 of 22,440
  • SD personnel rank #95 of 257
  • 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 17 other listed departments in Pennington County

North Haines Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

28 Top 52% higher than 48% 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 02008 · North Haines Volunteer Fire Department, SD 28 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 28
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #11,669
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ashland
  • FEMA-MID $1.1M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Ashland Fire Department, WI (+ 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 SD department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Rapid City, SD
FDID
02008

FEMA Grant History

$1.1M
Cumulative funding (FY2012–2016)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2016 EMW2015FR00464 $751,524
2012 EMW2011FR00367 $388,079

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the South Dakota average

How North Haines Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Dakota. In-state it ranks #95 of 257 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,669 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 40% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
17
SD departments
365

County roster fringe

North Haines Volunteer Fire Department is 5.9% of Pennington County roster mass

The county lists 20 departments totaling 474 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 85% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 28 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Ashland Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Box Elder Fire Department
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Doty Volunteer Fire Department
Rapid City · volunteer
Hayward Fire Department
Keystone · volunteer
Hill City Fire Department
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Keystone Fire Department
Keystone · volunteer
New Underwood Fire Department
New Underwood · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel

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

Ashland Fire Department, WI 28 Simms Volunteer Fire Department, MT 28 East Hartland Volunteer Fire Department, CT 28 Looking Glass Regional Fire Authority, MI 28 Bath Charter Township Fire Department, MI 28 Elba Volunteer Fire Department, AL 28 Warne Volunteer Fire Department, NC 28 Neville Island General Volunteer Fire Department, PA 28

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does North Haines Volunteer Fire Department have?

North Haines Volunteer Fire Department has 28 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 40% above the South Dakota average of 20 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #11,669 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within SD, it ranks #95 of 257 by personnel.

Does North Haines Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, North Haines Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does North Haines Volunteer Fire Department operate?

North Haines Volunteer Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is North Haines Volunteer Fire Department?

North Haines Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Pennington County, SD. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has North Haines Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, North Haines Volunteer Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $1,139,603 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2012–2016 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2016.

How many fire departments are in South Dakota?

South Dakota has 365 fire departments with 7,257 total personnel. 69% are volunteer departments.

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