Department profile
VolunteerTyndall Fire Department
Tyndall, SD · Bon Homme County. Tyndall Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 31
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Tyndall Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the South Dakota average.
- Top 44%
- national personnel size
- +55%
- vs. South Dakota 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.
Tyndall Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Tyndall, SD (Bon Homme County), with 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,779 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,779 of 22,440
- SD personnel rank #65 of 257
- 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
- 4 other listed departments in Bon Homme County
Tyndall Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
31 Top 44% higher than 56% 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 12005 · Tyndall Fire Department, SD 31 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 31
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #9,779
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Turners Falls
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Turners Falls Fire Department, MA (+ 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 SD department.
- Tyndall (this dept) 31
- High Portage, WI 31
- Near Turners Falls, MA 31
- Near Dudleyville Volun…, AZ 31
- Near Boydton Volunteer…, VA 31
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Tyndall, SD
- County
- Bon Homme County
- FDID
- 12005
Staffing vs the South Dakota average
How Tyndall Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Dakota. In-state it ranks #65 of 257 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,779 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 17
- SD departments
- 365
County roster weight
Tyndall Fire Department carries 25.6% of Bon Homme County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (121 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 100% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Turners Falls Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 31 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SD department.