Department profile

Volunteer

Red Lake Fire Department

Red Lake, MN · Beltrami County. Red Lake Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 26 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

26
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Red Lake Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Minnesota average.

43rd pct.
national personnel size
+24%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
14/100
Red Lake 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 F
13 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
26 personnel · 2 stations

Red Lake Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Red Lake, MN (Beltrami County), with 2 stations and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,834 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #12,834 of 22,440
  • MN personnel rank #253 of 614
  • 7.69 stations per 100 personnel
  • 7 other listed departments in Beltrami County

Red Lake Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

26 Top 57% higher than 43% 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 04707 · Red Lake Fire Department, MN 26 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-SMALL 26
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #12,834
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Triana Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Triana Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 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
Red Lake, MN
FDID
04707

Staffing vs the Minnesota average

How Red Lake Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #253 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,834 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 24% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
48
MN departments
883

County roster geometry

Beltrami County HIFLD mix around Red Lake Fire Department

Beltrami County: 8 departments, 129 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 50% of departments. County / state rollup.

7.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 26 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Triana Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel

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