Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSouth Metro Fire Department
West Saint Paul, MN · Dakota County. South Metro Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 21 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.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
South Metro Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Minnesota average.
- 26th pct.
- national personnel size
- +0%
- vs. Minnesota average
- 1
- station
- $4,065,548
- 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.
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.
South Metro Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving West Saint Paul, MN (Dakota County), with 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,527 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $4,065,548.
- National personnel rank #16,527 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #449 of 614
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Dakota County
South Metro Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 74% higher than 26% 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 19314 · South Metro Fire Department, MN 21 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,527
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wynne Fire Station
- FEMA-MID $4.1M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Wynne Fire Station, AR (+ 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 MN department.
- South Metro (this dept) 21
- High Parkin Volunteer, AR 21
- Near Wynne Fire Station, AR 21
- Near Green Township Vo…, NJ 21
- Near Carter Volunteer…, MT 21
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- West Saint Paul, MN
- County
- Dakota County
- FDID
- 19314
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FF-00068 | $3,361,761.68 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FO06714 | $253,786 |
| 2009 | EMW-2009-FV-0366 | $450,000 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How South Metro Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #449 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,527 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster fringe
South Metro Fire Department is 4.2% of Dakota County roster mass
The county lists 20 departments totaling 495 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Wynne Fire Station, AR (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.