Department profile

Volunteer

Rush City Fire Department

Rush City, MN · Chisago County. Rush City Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

30
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Rush City Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Minnesota average.

Top 47%
national personnel size
+43%
vs. Minnesota 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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
67/100
Rush City 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 B
30 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
30 personnel · 1 station

Rush City Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Rush City, MN (Chisago County), with 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,658 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #10,658 of 22,440
  • MN personnel rank #169 of 614
  • 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • 10 other listed departments in Chisago County

Rush City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

30 Top 47% higher than 53% 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 13107 · Rush City Fire Department, MN 30 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 30
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #10,658
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cheriton Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Cheriton Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+ 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
VOLUNTEER
Location
Rush City, MN
FDID
13107

Staffing vs the Minnesota average

How Rush City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #169 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,658 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 43% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
48
MN departments
883

County roster geometry

Chisago County HIFLD mix around Rush City Fire Department

Chisago County: 11 departments, 219 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 9% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Cheriton Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Almelund Fire and Rescue
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Center City Fire Department
Center City · other
Chisago City Fire Department
Chisago City · volunteer
Harris Fire Department
Harris · other
Lindstrom Fire Department
Lindstrom · other
North Branch Fire Department
North Branch · volunteer
Shafer Fire Department
Shafer · volunteer
Stacy-Lent Fire Department
Stacy · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel

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