Department profile

Volunteer

Pulaski Volunteer Fire Department

Pulaski, IA · Davis County. Pulaski Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

15
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Pulaski Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Iowa average.

9th pct.
national personnel size
-25%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
21/100
Pulaski Volunteer 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 D
15 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
15 personnel · 1 station

Pulaski Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Pulaski, IA (Davis County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,424 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #20,424 of 22,440
  • IA personnel rank #548 of 589
  • 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
  • 3 other listed departments in Davis County

Pulaski Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

15 Top 91% higher than 9% 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 26004 · Pulaski Volunteer Fire Department, IA 15 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MICRO 15
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #20,424
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ninnekah Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Ninnekah Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Pulaski, IA
FDID
26004

Staffing vs the Iowa average

How Pulaski Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #548 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,424 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 25% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
39
IA departments
810

County roster geometry

Davis County HIFLD mix around Pulaski Volunteer Fire Department

Davis County: 4 departments, 68 personnel (4 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.

6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Ninnekah Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).

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

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Drakesville Volunteer Fire Department
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Floris Fire Department
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel

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