Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderVan Meter Volunteer Fire Rescue Department
Van Meter, IA · Dallas County. Van Meter Volunteer Fire Rescue Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 28 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.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Van Meter Volunteer Fire Rescue Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Iowa average.
- 47th pct.
- national personnel size
- +40%
- 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 Meter Volunteer Fire Rescue Department is a Volunteer department serving Van Meter, IA (Dallas County), with 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,844 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,844 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #221 of 589
- 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Dallas County
Van Meter Volunteer Fire Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 53% higher than 47% 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 25012 · Van Meter Volunteer Fire Rescue Department, IA 28 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,844
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Knowles
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Knowles Fire Department, NM (+ 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 Meter Volunte… (this dept) 28
- High Wanamingo, MN 28
- Near Knowles, NM 28
- Near Ridgeway, WI 28
- Near Hollandale Volunt…, WI 28
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Van Meter, IA
- County
- Dallas County
- FDID
- 25012
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Van Meter Volunteer Fire Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #221 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,844 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
Dallas County HIFLD mix around Van Meter Volunteer Fire Rescue Department
Dallas County: 15 departments, 268 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Knowles Fire Department, NM (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.