Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSavage Fire Department
Savage, MN · Scott County. Savage Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 42 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.
- 42
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Savage Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Minnesota average.
- Top 25%
- national personnel size
- +100%
- vs. Minnesota average
- 2
- stations
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.
Savage Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Savage, MN (Scott County), with 2 stations and 42 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,598 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,598 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #67 of 614
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Scott County
Savage Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
42 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 70105 · Savage Fire Department, MN 42 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 42
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,598
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Camp Dix Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Camp Dix Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+ 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 MN department.
- Savage (this dept) 42
- High Union City, TN 42
- Near Camp Dix Volunteer, KY 42
- Near Beebe, AR 42
- Near Nottingham, NH 42
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Savage, MN
- County
- Scott County
- FDID
- 70105
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Savage Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #67 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,598 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster geometry
Scott County HIFLD mix around Savage Fire Department
Scott County: 11 departments, 208 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 91% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 42 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Camp Dix Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 42 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.