Department profile
VolunteerRuthven Fire Department
Ruthven, IA · Palo Alto County. Ruthven Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 44 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 44
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Ruthven Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Iowa average.
- Top 23%
- national personnel size
- +120%
- 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.
Ruthven Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Ruthven, IA (Palo Alto County), with 1 station and 44 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,188 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,188 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #46 of 589
- 2.27 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Palo Alto County
Ruthven Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
44 Top 23% higher than 77% 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 74008 · Ruthven Fire Department, IA 44 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 44
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #5,188
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Stratham Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Stratham Volunteer Fire Department, NH (+ 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.
- Ruthven (this dept) 44
- High Neenah-Menasha Fi…, WI 44
- Near Stratham Volunteer, NH 44
- Near Porter Township, OH 44
- Near West Fork Volunte…, AR 44
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ruthven, IA
- County
- Palo Alto County
- FDID
- 74008
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Ruthven Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #46 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,188 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
Ruthven Fire Department carries 28.0% of Palo Alto County HIFLD personnel
Among 8 listed departments (157 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 75% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.27 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 44 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Stratham Volunteer Fire Department, NH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 44 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.