Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPillager Area Fire and Rescue
Pillager, MN · Cass County. Pillager Area Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Pillager Area Fire and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Minnesota average.
- 38th pct.
- national personnel size
- +19%
- vs. Minnesota average
- 2
- 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.
Pillager Area Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Pillager, MN (Cass County), with 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,826 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,826 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #323 of 614
- 8.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Cass County
Pillager Area Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 62% higher than 38% 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 11106 · Pillager Area Fire and Rescue, MN 25 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #13,826
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wyocena Bureau of…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Wyocena Bureau of Fire, WI (+ 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 MN department.
- Pillager Area Fir… (this dept) 25
- High Southmont Volunte…, PA 25
- Near Wyocena Bureau of…, WI 25
- Near Pegram Volunteer, TN 25
- Near Jackson, NH 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Pillager, MN
- County
- Cass County
- FDID
- 11106
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Pillager Area Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #323 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,826 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster geometry
Cass County HIFLD mix around Pillager Area Fire and Rescue
Cass County: 12 departments, 184 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 83% of departments. County / state rollup.
8.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Wyocena Bureau of Fire, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.