Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNorwood-Young America Fire Department - South Station
Norwood, MN · Carver County. Norwood-Young America Fire Department - South Station is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 39 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.
- 39
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Norwood-Young America Fire Department - South Station pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Minnesota average.
- Top 29%
- national personnel size
- +86%
- 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.
Norwood-Young America Fire Department - South Station is a Volunteer department serving Norwood, MN (Carver County), with 2 stations and 39 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,569 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,569 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #80 of 614
- 5.13 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Carver County
Norwood-Young America Fire Department - South Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
39 Top 29% higher than 71% 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 10108 · Norwood-Young America Fire Department - South Station, MN 39 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 39
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,569
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Oakland Township-…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Oakland Township-Oneida Valley Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+ 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.
- Norwood-Young Ame… (this dept) 39
- High Cove Creek Volunt…, NC 39
- Near Oakland Township-…, PA 39
- Near Courtney Volunteer, NC 39
- Near Mount Olive, NC 39
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Norwood, MN
- County
- Carver County
- FDID
- 10108
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Norwood-Young America Fire Department - South Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #80 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,569 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster fringe
Norwood-Young America Fire Department - South Station is 9.2% of Carver County roster mass
The county lists 13 departments totaling 426 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 85% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 39 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Oakland Township-Oneida Valley Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 39 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.