Department profile
VolunteerPierre Fire Department
Pierre, SD · Hughes County. Pierre Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 78 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 78
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Pierre Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the South Dakota average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +290%
- vs. South Dakota average
- 5
- stations
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.
Pierre Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Pierre, SD (Hughes County), with 5 stations and 78 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,563 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,563 of 22,440
- SD personnel rank #5 of 257
- 6.41 stations per 100 personnel
- 4 other listed departments in Hughes County
Pierre Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
78 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 36004 · Pierre Fire Department, SD 78 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 78
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sanborn Fire Comp…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sanborn Fire Company Incorporated, NY (+ 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 SD department.
- Pierre (this dept) 78
- High Laurel Fire Depar…, DE 78
- Near Sanborn Fire Comp…, NY 78
- Near Washington Townsh…, IN 78
- Near Town of Niagara A…, NY 78
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Pierre, SD
- County
- Hughes County
- FDID
- 36004
Staffing vs the South Dakota average
How Pierre Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Dakota. In-state it ranks #5 of 257 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,563 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 17
- SD departments
- 365
County roster weight
Pierre Fire Department carries 82.1% of Hughes County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (95 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 33% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 78 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sanborn Fire Company Incorporated, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 78 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SD department.