Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Parowan Fire Department

Parowan, UT · Iron County. Parowan Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 10 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.

10
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Parowan Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Utah average.

2nd pct.
national personnel size
-50%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
8/100
Parowan Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity F
10 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
10 personnel · 1 station

Parowan Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Parowan, UT (Iron County), with 1 station and 10 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,006 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #22,006 of 22,440
  • UT personnel rank #149 of 162
  • 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in Iron County

Parowan Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

10 Top 98% higher than 2% 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 21006 · Parowan Fire Department, UT 10 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MICRO 10
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #22,006
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mosquero Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Mosquero Volunteer Fire Department, NM (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Parowan, UT
FDID
21006

Staffing vs the Utah average

How Parowan Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Utah. In-state it ranks #149 of 162 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,006 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 50% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
26
UT departments
271

County roster fringe

Parowan Fire Department is 7.8% of Iron County roster mass

The county lists 9 departments totaling 128 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 44% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 10 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Mosquero Volunteer Fire Department, NM (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 10 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every UT department.