Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Springbrook Volunteer Fire Department

Springbrook, IA · Jackson County. Springbrook Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 48 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.

48
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Springbrook Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Iowa average.

Top 19%
national personnel size
+140%
vs. Iowa average
1
station

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
PlainFireData Composite Score
90/100
Springbrook Volunteer 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 A
48 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
48 personnel · 1 station

Springbrook Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Springbrook, IA (Jackson County), with 1 station and 48 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,348 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #4,348 of 22,440
  • IA personnel rank #34 of 589
  • 2.08 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in Jackson County

Springbrook Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

48 Top 19% higher than 81% 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 49014 · Springbrook Volunteer Fire Department, IA 48 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 48
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #4,348
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Point Township Fi…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Point Township Fire Company, PA (+ 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
Springbrook, IA
FDID
49014

Staffing vs the Iowa average

How Springbrook Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #34 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,348 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 140% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
39
IA departments
810

County roster geometry

Jackson County HIFLD mix around Springbrook Volunteer Fire Department

Jackson County: 9 departments, 253 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 78% of departments. County / state rollup.

2.08 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 48 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Point Township Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 48 personnel

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