Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderRochester Fire Department
Rochester, MN · Olmsted County. Rochester Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 104 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.
- 104
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Rochester Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Minnesota average.
- Top 4%
- national personnel size
- +395%
- vs. Minnesota average
- 4
- 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.
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.
Rochester Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Rochester, MN (Olmsted County), with 4 stations and 104 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #874 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #874 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #6 of 614
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Olmsted County
Rochester Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
104 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 55205 · Rochester Fire Department, MN 104 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 104
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #874
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Midwest City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Midwest City Fire Department, OK (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Rochester (this dept) 104
- High Bohemia, NY 104
- Near Midwest City, OK 104
- Near Ridge Volunteer, NY 104
- Near Copiague Fire Dis…, NY 104
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Rochester, MN
- County
- Olmsted County
- FDID
- 55205
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Rochester Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #6 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #874 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster weight
Rochester Fire Department carries 47.1% of Olmsted County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (221 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 44% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 104 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Midwest City Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 104 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.