Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Plymouth Fire Department

Plymouth, MN · Hennepin County. Plymouth Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 76 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.

76
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Plymouth Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Minnesota average.

Top 7%
national personnel size
+262%
vs. Minnesota average
3
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
55/100
Plymouth 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 C
25.3 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
76 personnel · 3 stations

Plymouth Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Plymouth, MN (Hennepin County), with 3 stations and 76 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,635 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #1,635 of 22,440
  • MN personnel rank #12 of 614
  • 3.95 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 32 other listed departments in Hennepin County

Plymouth Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

76 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 27123 · Plymouth Fire Department, MN 76 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 76
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,635
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Waynesboro
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Waynesboro Fire Department, PA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Plymouth, MN
FDID
27123

Staffing vs the Minnesota average

How Plymouth Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #12 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,635 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 262% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
48
MN departments
883

County roster fringe

Plymouth Fire Department is 4.4% of Hennepin County roster mass

The county lists 45 departments totaling 1,725 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.95 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 76 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Waynesboro Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 76 personnel

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