Department profile
VolunteerStorm Lake City Fire Department
Storm Lake, IA · Buena Vista County. Storm Lake City Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Storm Lake City Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Iowa average.
- Top 48%
- national personnel size
- +50%
- 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 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.
Storm Lake City Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Storm Lake, IA (Buena Vista County), with 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,764 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,764 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #183 of 589
- 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
- 5 other listed departments in Buena Vista County
Storm Lake City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 48% higher than 52% 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 11009 · Storm Lake City Fire Department, IA 30 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #10,764
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Unadilla Voluntee…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Unadilla Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NE (+ 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.
- Storm Lake City (this dept) 30
- High Arivaca Volunteer, AZ 30
- Near Unadilla Voluntee…, NE 30
- Near Cover Hill Volunt…, PA 30
- Near Center Point, IN 30
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Storm Lake, IA
- County
- Buena Vista County
- FDID
- 11009
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Storm Lake City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #183 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,764 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster weight
Storm Lake City Fire Department carries 31.9% of Buena Vista County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (94 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 67% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Unadilla Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.