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Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department

Rapid City, SD · Pennington County. Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 31 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.

31
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the South Dakota average.

Top 43%
national personnel size
+55%
vs. South Dakota average
2
stations
$887,792
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
48/100
Rockerville 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
15.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment B
$28,638 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
31 personnel · 2 stations

Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Rapid City, SD (Pennington County), with 2 stations and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,723 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $887,792.

  • National personnel rank #9,723 of 22,440
  • SD personnel rank #64 of 257
  • 6.45 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 17 other listed departments in Pennington County

Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

31 Top 43% higher than 57% 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 02001 · Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department, SD 31 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 31
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #9,723
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Farmington Fire a…
  • FEMA-MID $888K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Farmington Fire and Rescue, MS (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Rapid City, SD
FDID
02001

FEMA Grant History

$888K
Cumulative funding (FY2018)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2018 EMW-2018-FR-00099 $887,792.22

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the South Dakota average

How Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Dakota. In-state it ranks #64 of 257 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,723 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 55% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
17
SD departments
365

County roster fringe

Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department is 6.5% 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.

6.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 31 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Farmington Fire and Rescue, MS (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Box Elder Fire Department
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Doty Volunteer Fire Department
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Hayward Fire Department
Keystone · volunteer
Hill City Fire Department
Hill City · volunteer
Keystone Fire Department
Keystone · volunteer
New Underwood Fire Department
New Underwood · volunteer
North Haines Volunteer Fire Department
Rapid City · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 31 personnel

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

Farmington Fire and Rescue, MS 31 Peachtree Volunteer Fire Department, NC 31 Jacksonville Beach Fire Department, FL 31 Linwood Volunteer Fire Department, MN 31 Duquesne Volunteer Fire Department, PA 31 Edgewood Volunteer Fire Department, PA 31 Frazer Township Volunteer Fire Department 2, PA 31 Monetta Fire Department, SC 31

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department have?

Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department has 31 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 55% above the South Dakota average of 20 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #9,723 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within SD, it ranks #64 of 257 by personnel.

Does Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department?

Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Pennington County, SD. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $887,792.22 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2018 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2018.

How many fire departments are in South Dakota?

South Dakota has 365 fire departments with 7,257 total personnel. 69% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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