Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderShelby Fire and Rescue
Shelby, IA · Shelby County. Shelby Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Shelby Fire and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Iowa average.
- 38th pct.
- national personnel size
- +25%
- vs. Iowa average
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.
Shelby Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Shelby, IA (Shelby County) and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,973 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,973 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #287 of 589
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Shelby County
Shelby Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 62% higher than 38% 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 83009 · Shelby Fire and Rescue, IA 25 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #13,973
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Westmoreland Civi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Westmoreland Civil Defense and Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+ 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.
- Shelby Fire and R… (this dept) 25
- High Waldorf, MN 25
- Near Westmoreland Civi…, TN 25
- Near Payneville Volunt…, KY 25
- Near Bayport, MN 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Shelby, IA
- County
- Shelby County
- FDID
- 83009
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Shelby Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #287 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,973 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster geometry
Shelby County HIFLD mix around Shelby Fire and Rescue
Shelby County: 10 departments, 211 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 90% of departments. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Westmoreland Civil Defense and Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.