Department profile
VolunteerPocahontas Fire Department
Pocahontas, IA · Pocahontas County. Pocahontas Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 23
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Pocahontas Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Iowa average.
- 32nd pct.
- national personnel size
- +15%
- 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.
Pocahontas Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Pocahontas, IA (Pocahontas County), with 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,268 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #15,268 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #350 of 589
- 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Pocahontas County
Pocahontas Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
23 Top 68% higher than 32% 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 76006 · Pocahontas Fire Department, IA 23 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 23
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #15,268
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Beach City Fire a…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Beach City Fire and Rescue, OH (+ 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.
- Pocahontas (this dept) 23
- High Eagle Bend, MN 23
- Near Beach City Fire a…, OH 23
- Near Shelby County, OH 23
- Near Galla Rock, AR 23
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Pocahontas, IA
- County
- Pocahontas County
- FDID
- 76006
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Pocahontas Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #350 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,268 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
Pocahontas County HIFLD mix around Pocahontas Fire Department
Pocahontas County: 8 departments, 141 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 38% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 23 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Beach City Fire and Rescue, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 23 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.