Department profile

Volunteer

Sioux 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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
32/100
Sioux Center Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity D
18 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
36 personnel · 2 stations

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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Sioux Center, IA
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.

▲ 80% above the state average
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).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.