Department profile
VolunteerSioux Center Fire Department
Sioux Center, IA · Sioux County. Sioux Center Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations 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
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Sioux Center Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Iowa average.
- Top 33%
- national personnel size
- +80%
- vs. Iowa 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.
Sioux Center Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Sioux Center, IA (Sioux County), with 2 stations and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,486 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,486 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #85 of 589
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Sioux County
Sioux Center 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 84013 · Sioux Center Fire Department, IA 36 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #7,486
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Marietta
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Marietta 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.
- Sioux Center (this dept) 36
- High Bloomdale Fire an…, OH 36
- Near Marietta, OH 36
- Near Union Township an…, OH 36
- Near Rittman, OH 36
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Sioux Center, IA
- County
- Sioux County
- FDID
- 84013
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Sioux Center Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #85 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,486 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster weight
Sioux Center Fire Department carries 25.0% of Sioux County HIFLD personnel
Among 10 listed departments (144 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 60% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Marietta Fire Department, OH (+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 IA department.