Department profile
VolunteerVan Horne Fire Department
Van Horne, IA · Benton County. Van Horne Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Van Horne Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Iowa average.
- 37th pct.
- national personnel size
- +25%
- 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.
Van Horne Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Van Horne, IA (Benton County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,094 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,094 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #291 of 589
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 12 other listed departments in Benton County
Van Horne Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 63% higher than 37% 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 06012 · Van Horne Fire Department, IA 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #14,094
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alsace Manor Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Alsace Manor Fire Company, PA (+ 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.
- Van Horne (this dept) 25
- High Lebanon, IN 25
- Near Alsace Manor Fire…, PA 25
- Near Aurora, SD 25
- Near West Yellowstone…, MT 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Van Horne, IA
- County
- Benton County
- FDID
- 06012
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Van Horne Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #291 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,094 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster fringe
Van Horne Fire Department is 9.6% of Benton County roster mass
The county lists 13 departments totaling 261 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 31% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Alsace Manor Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.