Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderOnawa Fire Department
Onawa, IA · Monona County. Onawa Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 21 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.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Onawa Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Iowa average.
- 27th pct.
- national personnel size
- +5%
- vs. Iowa 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.
Onawa Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Onawa, IA (Monona County), with 2 stations and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,436 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,436 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #400 of 589
- 9.52 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Monona County
Onawa Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 73% higher than 27% 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 67005 · Onawa Fire Department, IA 21 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,436
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gillham Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Gillham Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+ 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 IA department.
- Onawa (this dept) 21
- High City of Manassas…, VA 21
- Near Gillham Volunteer, AR 21
- Near Rives Volunteer, TN 21
- Near West Manchester, OH 21
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Onawa, IA
- County
- Monona County
- FDID
- 67005
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Onawa Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #400 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,436 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster geometry
Monona County HIFLD mix around Onawa Fire Department
Monona County: 9 departments, 132 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.
9.52 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Gillham Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.