Department profile
VolunteerSalem Fire Department
Salem, SD · Mccook County. Salem Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 36 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Salem Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the South Dakota average.
- Top 33%
- national personnel size
- +80%
- vs. South Dakota 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 Department is a Volunteer department serving Salem, SD (Mccook County), with 1 station and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,468 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,468 of 22,440
- SD personnel rank #37 of 257
- 2.78 stations per 100 personnel
- 4 other listed departments in Mccook County
Salem Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 33% higher than 67% 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 46001 · Salem Fire Department, SD 36 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #7,468
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Long Beach
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Long Beach 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 SD department.
- Salem (this dept) 36
- High Hahnville Volunte…, LA 36
- Near Long Beach, IN 36
- Near Grafton, WV 36
- Near Norco Area Volunt…, LA 36
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Salem, SD
- County
- Mccook County
- FDID
- 46001
Staffing vs the South Dakota average
How Salem Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Dakota. In-state it ranks #37 of 257 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,468 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 17
- SD departments
- 365
County roster weight
Salem Fire Department carries 40.9% of Mccook County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (88 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 60% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.78 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Long Beach Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SD department.