Department profile
VolunteerSac City Fire Department
Sac City, IA · Sac County. Sac City Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 34 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 34
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Sac City Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Iowa average.
- Top 38%
- national personnel size
- +70%
- 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.
Sac City Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Sac City, IA (Sac County), with 1 station and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,487 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,487 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #108 of 589
- 2.94 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Sac County
Sac City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
34 Top 38% higher than 62% 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 81007 · Sac City Fire Department, IA 34 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 34
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #8,487
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Willshire
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Willshire Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- Sac City (this dept) 34
- High Palma - Briensburg, KY 34
- Near Willshire, OH 34
- Near Waseca, MN 34
- Near Piney Flats Volun…, TN 34
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Sac City, IA
- County
- Sac County
- FDID
- 81007
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Sac City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #108 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,487 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster geometry
Sac County HIFLD mix around Sac City Fire Department
Sac County: 9 departments, 188 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 34 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Willshire Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 34 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.