Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Sioux Falls Fire Rescue

Sioux Falls, SD · Minnehaha County. Sioux Falls Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 9 stations and 177 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.

177
Total personnel
9
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Sioux Falls Fire Rescue pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the South Dakota average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+785%
vs. South Dakota average
9
stations
$255,653
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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
37/100
Sioux Falls Fire Rescue

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
19.7 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
177 personnel · 9 stations

Sioux Falls Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Sioux Falls, SD (Minnehaha County), with 9 stations and 177 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #292 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $255,653.

  • National personnel rank #292 of 22,440
  • SD personnel rank #1 of 257
  • 5.08 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 14 other listed departments in Minnehaha County

Sioux Falls Fire Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

177 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 01101 · Sioux Falls Fire Rescue, SD 177 personnel · 9 stations

PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 177
  • STA-MULTI 9 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #292
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wilmington
  • FEMA-LIGHT $256K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Wilmington Fire Department, DE (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Sioux Falls, SD
FDID
01101

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2017)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2017 EMW2016FO06110 $255,653

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the South Dakota average

How Sioux Falls Fire Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Dakota. In-state it ranks #1 of 257 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #292 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 785% above the state average
Stations
9
State fire deaths/yr
17
SD departments
365

County roster weight

Sioux Falls Fire Rescue carries 32.7% of Minnehaha County HIFLD personnel

Among 16 listed departments (542 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 75% of the county count. County / state rollup.

5.08 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (9 stations / 177 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Wilmington Fire Department, DE (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Baltic Volunteer Fire Department
Baltic · volunteer
Brandon Fire Department
Brandon · volunteer
Colton Volunteer Fire Department
Colton · volunteer
Crooks Volunteer Fire Department
Crooks · volunteer
Dell Rapids Fire Department
Dell Rapids · volunteer
Garretson Volunteer Fire Department
Garretson · volunteer
Hartford Fire and Rescue Department
Hartford · volunteer
Humboldt Fire and Ambulance Service
Humboldt · volunteer
All SD departments →

Nationwide career peers near 177 personnel

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

Wilmington Fire Department, DE 177 West York Fire Department, PA 177 Kent Fire Department, WA 176 Abilene Fire Department, TX 178 Naval Air Station Whiting Field Fire Department, FL 178 Waltham Fire Department, MA 176 Central Fire Protection District of Santa Cruz County, CA 176 Athens-Clarke County Fire Department, GA 175

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Sioux Falls Fire Rescue have?

Sioux Falls Fire Rescue has 177 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 785% above the South Dakota average of 20 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #292 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within SD, it ranks #1 of 257 by personnel.

Does Sioux Falls Fire Rescue provide EMS services?

Yes, Sioux Falls Fire Rescue provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Sioux Falls Fire Rescue operate?

Sioux Falls Fire Rescue operates 9 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Sioux Falls Fire Rescue?

Sioux Falls Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Minnehaha County, SD. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Sioux Falls Fire Rescue received federal grants?

Yes, Sioux Falls Fire Rescue has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $255,653 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2017 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2017.

How many fire departments are in South Dakota?

South Dakota has 365 fire departments with 7,257 total personnel. 69% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.