Department profile
VolunteerParkersburg Fire Department
Parkersburg, IA · Butler County. Parkersburg Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Parkersburg Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Iowa average.
- Top 36%
- national personnel size
- +75%
- vs. Iowa average
- 1
- station
- $171,429
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Parkersburg Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Parkersburg, IA (Butler County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,025 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $171,429.
- National personnel rank #8,025 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #98 of 589
- 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Butler County
Parkersburg Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 36% higher than 64% 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 12009 · Parkersburg Fire Department, IA 35 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #8,025
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dunellen
- FEMA-LIGHT $171K
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Dunellen Fire Department, NJ (+ 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.
- Parkersburg (this dept) 35
- High Ferndale, CA 35
- Near Dunellen, NJ 35
- Near Hugo, OK 35
- Near Humboldt 1 Fire P…, CA 35
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Parkersburg, IA
- County
- Butler County
- FDID
- 12009
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-06887 | $171,428.57 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Parkersburg Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #98 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,025 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster geometry
Butler County HIFLD mix around Parkersburg Fire Department
Butler County: 9 departments, 201 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 33% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Dunellen Fire Department, NJ (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.