Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderParagonah Volunteer Fire Department
Paragonah, UT · Iron County. Paragonah Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 15 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.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Paragonah Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Utah average.
- 9th pct.
- national personnel size
- -25%
- vs. Utah 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.
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.
Paragonah Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Paragonah, UT (Iron County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,389 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,389 of 22,440
- UT personnel rank #122 of 162
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Iron County
Paragonah Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 91% higher than 9% 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 21005 · Paragonah Volunteer Fire Department, UT 15 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #20,389
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Butler Volunteer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Butler Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, OK (+ 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 UT department.
- Paragonah Volunte… (this dept) 15
- High Nelson Fire and R…, NH 15
- Near Butler Volunteer…, OK 15
- Near Decatur County Vo…, TN 15
- Near Marlow, NH 15
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Paragonah, UT
- County
- Iron County
- FDID
- 21005
Staffing vs the Utah average
How Paragonah Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Utah. In-state it ranks #122 of 162 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,389 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 26
- UT departments
- 271
County roster geometry
Iron County HIFLD mix around Paragonah Volunteer Fire Department
Iron County: 9 departments, 128 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 44% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Butler Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, OK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every UT department.