Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSalem Fire and Rescue
Salem, IA · Henry County. Salem Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 15 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.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Salem Fire and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Iowa average.
- 9th pct.
- national personnel size
- -25%
- 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.
Salem Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Salem, IA (Henry County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,465 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,465 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #551 of 589
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Henry County
Salem Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 91% higher than 9% 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 44008 · Salem Fire and Rescue, IA 15 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #20,465
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ringwood Fire and…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ringwood Fire and Rescue, OK (+ 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.
- Salem Fire and Re… (this dept) 15
- High Ten Sleep, WY 15
- Near Ringwood Fire and…, OK 15
- Near Elizabeth Townshi…, OH 15
- Near East Grayson Coun…, KY 15
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Salem, IA
- County
- Henry County
- FDID
- 44008
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Salem Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #551 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,465 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster fringe
Salem Fire and Rescue is 9.9% of Henry County roster mass
The county lists 7 departments totaling 151 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ringwood Fire and Rescue, OK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.