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Urbandale Fire Department

Urbandale, IA · Polk County. Urbandale Fire Department is a fire department. 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.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Urbandale Fire Department

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
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
Other department profile

Urbandale Fire Department is a fire department serving Urbandale, IA (Polk County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,251,531.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 21 other listed departments in Polk County

Dispatch plate

Sheet IA-URBANDALE-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-IA · Urbandale Fire Department, IA personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-MID · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-MID $1.3M
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Urbandale, IA

FEMA Grant History

$1.3M
Cumulative funding (FY2010–2017)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2017 EMW-2017-FH-00312 $1,278,261.97
2010 EMW2009FH00441 $-26,731

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

County roster geometry

Polk County HIFLD mix around Urbandale Fire Department

Polk County: 23 departments, 985 personnel (14 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 87% of departments. County / state rollup.

Nearby Departments

Altoona City Fire Department
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Bondurant Emergency Services
Bondurant · volunteer
Camp Dodge Fire Department
Johnston · other
Clive Fire Department
Clive · volunteer
Delaware Township Fire Department
Des Moines · other
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Urbandale Fire Department have?

Personnel data for Urbandale Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Urbandale Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Urbandale Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Urbandale Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Urbandale Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Urbandale Fire Department?

Urbandale Fire Department is a fire department serving Polk County, IA.

Has Urbandale Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Urbandale Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $1,251,530.97 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2010–2017 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2017.

How many fire departments are in Iowa?

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

Related guides

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

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