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Tiffin Fire Department / Tiffin First Responders

Tiffin, IA · Johnson County. Tiffin Fire Department / Tiffin First Responders is a Volunteer department and 20 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.

20
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Tiffin Fire Department / Tiffin First Responders pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Iowa average.

21st pct.
national personnel size
+0%
vs. Iowa average
$604,470
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
78/100
Tiffin Fire Department / Tiffin First Responders

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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment B
$30,224 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
20 personnel

Tiffin Fire Department / Tiffin First Responders is a Volunteer department serving Tiffin, IA (Johnson County) and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,725 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $604,470.

  • National personnel rank #17,725 of 22,440
  • IA personnel rank #448 of 589
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 9 other listed departments in Johnson County

Tiffin Fire Department / Tiffin First Responders vs. the national personnel distribution

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

20 Top 79% higher than 21% 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 52010 · Tiffin Fire Department / Tiffin First Responders, IA 20 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #17,725
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ New Vision Fire a…
  • FEMA-MID $604K
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: New Vision Fire and Rescue, OH (+ 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
Tiffin, IA
FDID
52010

FEMA Grant History

$604K
Cumulative funding (FY2021)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2021 EMW-2021-FF-01930 $604,470

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

Staffing vs the Iowa average

How Tiffin Fire Department / Tiffin First Responders's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #448 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,725 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 0% above the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
39
IA departments
810

County roster fringe

Tiffin Fire Department / Tiffin First Responders is 7.4% of Johnson County roster mass

The county lists 12 departments totaling 271 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 92% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: New Vision Fire and Rescue, OH (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

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Iowa City Fire Department
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North Liberty Volunteer Fire Department
North Liberty · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel

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

New Vision Fire and Rescue, OH 20 Smith Mills Fire Department, KY 20 Reed Fire Department, KY 20 Currie Volunteer Fire Department, MN 20 Bison Volunteer Fire Department, SD 20 Nowata Fire Department, OK 20 Caballo Fire Rescue, NM 20 Shoals Volunteer Fire Department, IN 20

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Tiffin Fire Department / Tiffin First Responders have?

Tiffin Fire Department / Tiffin First Responders has 20 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 0% above the Iowa average of 20 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #17,725 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within IA, it ranks #448 of 589 by personnel.

Does Tiffin Fire Department / Tiffin First Responders provide EMS services?

Yes, Tiffin Fire Department / Tiffin First Responders provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Tiffin Fire Department / Tiffin First Responders operate?

Station count data for Tiffin Fire Department / Tiffin First Responders is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Tiffin Fire Department / Tiffin First Responders?

Tiffin Fire Department / Tiffin First Responders is a Volunteer department serving Johnson County, IA. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Tiffin Fire Department / Tiffin First Responders received federal grants?

Yes, Tiffin Fire Department / Tiffin First Responders has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $604,470 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2021 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2021.

How many fire departments are in Iowa?

Iowa has 810 fire departments with 16,337 total personnel. 70% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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