Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderToledo Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Services
Toledo, IA · Tama County. Toledo Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 45 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.
- 45
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Toledo Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Services pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Iowa average.
- Top 22%
- national personnel size
- +125%
- 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.
Toledo Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Services is a Volunteer department serving Toledo, IA (Tama County), with 1 station and 45 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,030 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,030 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #44 of 589
- 2.22 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Tama County
Toledo Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
45 Top 22% higher than 78% 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 86010 · Toledo Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Services, IA 45 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 45
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,030
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chippewa Township
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Chippewa Township Fire Department, 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.
- Toledo Volunteer… (this dept) 45
- High Graham Volunteer, KY 45
- Near Chippewa Township, OH 45
- Near Harrodsburg, KY 45
- Near Munford and Atoka, TN 45
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Toledo, IA
- County
- Tama County
- FDID
- 86010
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Toledo Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #44 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,030 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster geometry
Tama County HIFLD mix around Toledo Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Services
Tama County: 8 departments, 196 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 50% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.22 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 45 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Chippewa Township Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 45 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.