Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderOttumwa City Fire Department - North Station
Ottumwa, IA · Wapello County. Ottumwa City Fire Department - North Station is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 32 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.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Ottumwa City Fire Department - North Station pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Iowa average.
- Top 41%
- national personnel size
- +60%
- 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.
Ottumwa City Fire Department - North Station is a Career (Paid) department serving Ottumwa, IA (Wapello County), with 2 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,256 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,256 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #130 of 589
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Wapello County
Ottumwa City Fire Department - North Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 41% higher than 59% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more departments. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 90009 · Ottumwa City Fire Department - North Station, IA 32 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,256
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wyandot East Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Wyandot East Fire and Emergency Medical Services District, OH (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Ottumwa City Fire… (this dept) 32
- High Newburgh Volunteer, IN 32
- Near Wyandot East Fire…, OH 32
- Near Martin, TN 32
- Near Weiser Area Rural…, ID 32
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Ottumwa, IA
- County
- Wapello County
- FDID
- 90009
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Ottumwa City Fire Department - North Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #130 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,256 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster weight
Ottumwa City Fire Department - North Station carries 30.5% of Wapello County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (105 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Wyandot East Fire and Emergency Medical Services District, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.