Department profile

Volunteer

Ramsey Fire Department

Ramsey, MN · Anoka County. Ramsey Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 32 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

32
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Ramsey Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Minnesota average.

Top 41%
national personnel size
+52%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
25/100
Ramsey 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
16 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
32 personnel · 2 stations

Ramsey Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Ramsey, MN (Anoka County), with 2 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,286 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #9,286 of 22,440
  • MN personnel rank #132 of 614
  • 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
  • 17 other listed departments in Anoka County

Ramsey Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

32 Top 41% higher than 59% 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 02113 · Ramsey Fire Department, MN 32 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-SMALL 32
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #9,286
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ford River Townsh…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Ford River Township Volunteer Fire Department, MI (+ 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
Ramsey, MN
FDID
02113

Staffing vs the Minnesota average

How Ramsey Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #132 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,286 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 52% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
48
MN departments
883

County roster fringe

Ramsey Fire Department is 6.4% of Anoka County roster mass

The county lists 24 departments totaling 501 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 92% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 32 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Ford River Township Volunteer Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel

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