Department profile
VolunteerPreston Fire Department
Preston, IA · Jackson County. Preston Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 40 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Preston Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Iowa average.
- Top 28%
- national personnel size
- +100%
- 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.
Preston Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Preston, IA (Jackson County), with 1 station and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,260 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,260 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #62 of 589
- 2.50 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Jackson County
Preston Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 28% higher than 72% 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 49010 · Preston Fire Department, IA 40 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #6,260
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tyrone Volunteer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Tyrone Volunteer 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 IA department.
- Preston (this dept) 40
- High Hatton Fire Prote…, ND 40
- Near Tyrone Volunteer…, NY 40
- Near Glen Ellen Fire P…, CA 40
- Near Upper Augusta Tow…, PA 40
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Preston, IA
- County
- Jackson County
- FDID
- 49010
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Preston Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #62 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,260 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
Jackson County HIFLD mix around Preston Fire Department
Jackson County: 9 departments, 253 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 78% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Tyrone Volunteer 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 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.