Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPersia Fire and Rescue
Persia, IA · Harrison County. Persia Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station 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
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Persia Fire and Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Iowa average.
- Top 41%
- national personnel size
- +60%
- 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.
Persia Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Persia, IA (Harrison County), with 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,267 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,267 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #131 of 589
- 3.13 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Harrison County
Persia Fire and Rescue 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
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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 43008 · Persia Fire and Rescue, IA 32 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,267
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cabot Fire Station
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cabot Fire Station, AR (+ 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.
- Persia Fire and R… (this dept) 32
- High Poplar Springs, SC 32
- Near Cabot Fire Station, AR 32
- Near Pennsboro Volunte…, WV 32
- Near North Graves Volu…, KY 32
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Persia, IA
- County
- Harrison County
- FDID
- 43008
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Persia Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #131 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,267 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
Harrison County HIFLD mix around Persia Fire and Rescue
Harrison County: 11 departments, 158 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 73% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cabot Fire Station, AR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.