Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRapid Valley Volunteer Fire Department
Rapid City, SD · Pennington County. Rapid Valley Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 45 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.
- 45
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Rapid Valley Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the South Dakota average.
- Top 22%
- national personnel size
- +125%
- vs. South Dakota 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.
Rapid Valley Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Rapid City, SD (Pennington County), with 1 station and 45 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,984 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,984 of 22,440
- SD personnel rank #17 of 257
- 2.22 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 17 other listed departments in Pennington County
Rapid Valley Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
45 Top 22% higher than 78% 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 02003 · Rapid Valley Volunteer Fire Department, SD 45 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 45
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,984
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Washington Townsh…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+ 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 SD department.
- Rapid Valley Volu… (this dept) 45
- High Garden City Fire…, MO 45
- Near Washington Townsh…, IN 45
- Near Clinton Area Fire…, MI 45
- Near Bedington Volunte…, WV 45
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Rapid City, SD
- County
- Pennington County
- FDID
- 02003
Staffing vs the South Dakota average
How Rapid Valley Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Dakota. In-state it ranks #17 of 257 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,984 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 17
- SD departments
- 365
County roster fringe
Rapid Valley Volunteer Fire Department is 9.5% of Pennington County roster mass
The county lists 20 departments totaling 474 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 85% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.22 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 45 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 45 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SD department.