Department profile
VolunteerPaton Fire Department
Paton, IA · Greene County. Paton Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 19 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 19
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Paton Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Iowa average.
- 19th pct.
- national personnel size
- -5%
- vs. Iowa 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.
Paton Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Paton, IA (Greene County), with 1 station and 19 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,137 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,137 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #467 of 589
- 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
- 5 other listed departments in Greene County
Paton Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
19 Top 81% higher than 19% 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 37005 · Paton Fire Department, IA 19 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 19
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #18,137
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bard-Endee Fire D…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bard-Endee Fire District, 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 IA department.
- Paton (this dept) 19
- High Murray City Volun…, OH 19
- Near Bard-Endee Fire D…, NM 19
- Near San Juan Fire Dep…, UT 19
- Near California Depart…, CA 19
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Paton, IA
- County
- Greene County
- FDID
- 37005
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Paton Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #467 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,137 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
Greene County HIFLD mix around Paton Fire Department
Greene County: 6 departments, 77 personnel (3 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 19 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bard-Endee Fire District, NM (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 19 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.