Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

North Sioux City Fire Department

North Sioux City, SD · Union County. North Sioux City Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 33 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.

33
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

North Sioux City Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the South Dakota average.

Top 39%
national personnel size
+65%
vs. South Dakota 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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
75/100
North Sioux City 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
33 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
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
33 personnel · 1 station

North Sioux City Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving North Sioux City, SD (Union County), with 1 station and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,811 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #8,811 of 22,440
  • SD personnel rank #51 of 257
  • 3.03 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 4 other listed departments in Union County

North Sioux City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

33 Top 39% higher than 61% 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 62002 · North Sioux City Fire Department, SD 33 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 33
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #8,811
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Greeley Volunteer…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Greeley Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NE (+ 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
North Sioux City, SD
FDID
62002

Staffing vs the South Dakota average

How North Sioux City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Dakota. In-state it ranks #51 of 257 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,811 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 65% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
17
SD departments
365

County roster geometry

Union County HIFLD mix around North Sioux City Fire Department

Union County: 5 departments, 162 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 40% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.03 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 33 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Greeley Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NE (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 33 personnel

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