Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

State Center Fire and Emergency Services

State Center, IA · Marshall County. State Center Fire and Emergency Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 49 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.

49
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

State Center Fire and Emergency Services pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Iowa average.

Top 19%
national personnel size
+145%
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
91/100
State Center Fire and Emergency Services

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
49 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
49 personnel · 1 station

State Center Fire and Emergency Services is a Volunteer department serving State Center, IA (Marshall County), with 1 station and 49 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,213 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #4,213 of 22,440
  • IA personnel rank #32 of 589
  • 2.04 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 11 other listed departments in Marshall County

State Center Fire and Emergency Services vs. the national personnel distribution

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

49 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 64014 · State Center Fire and Emergency Services, IA 49 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 49
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #4,213
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Irwin Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Irwin Volunteer Fire Department, 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
State Center, IA
FDID
64014

Staffing vs the Iowa average

How State Center Fire and Emergency Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #32 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,213 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 145% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
39
IA departments
810

County roster weight

State Center Fire and Emergency Services carries 25.4% of Marshall County HIFLD personnel

Among 12 listed departments (193 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.

2.04 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 49 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Irwin Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 49 personnel

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