Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRussell Volunteer Fire Department
Russell, IA · Lucas County. Russell Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 30 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.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Russell Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Iowa average.
- Top 47%
- national personnel size
- +50%
- vs. Iowa 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.
Russell Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Russell, IA (Lucas 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 #10,660 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,660 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #179 of 589
- 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Lucas County
Russell Volunteer 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 59004 · Russell Volunteer Fire Department, IA 30 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #10,660
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Southeast Orange…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Southeast Orange County 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 IA department.
- Russell Volunteer (this dept) 30
- High Wheeler Volunteer, MS 30
- Near Southeast Orange…, IN 30
- Near French Lick Fire…, IN 30
- Near Pisgah Community…, MS 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Russell, IA
- County
- Lucas County
- FDID
- 59004
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Russell Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #179 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,660 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster weight
Russell Volunteer Fire Department carries 25.4% of Lucas County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (118 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 80% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Southeast Orange County 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 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.