Department profile
VolunteerVan Wert Fire Department
Van Wert, IA · Decatur County. Van Wert Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 12 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 12
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Van Wert Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Iowa average.
- 4th 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 Wert Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Van Wert, IA (Decatur County), with 1 station and 12 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,641 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,641 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #579 of 589
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- 6 other listed departments in Decatur County
Van Wert Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
12 Top 96% higher than 4% 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 27008 · Van Wert Fire Department, IA 12 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 12
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #21,641
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Meadow
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Meadow Fire Department, UT (+ 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 Wert (this dept) 12
- High Moose Pass Volunt…, AK 12
- Near Meadow, UT 12
- Near Ruidoso Downs Dep…, NM 12
- Near Jasper County, SC 12
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Van Wert, IA
- County
- Decatur County
- FDID
- 27008
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Van Wert Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #579 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,641 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
Decatur County HIFLD mix around Van Wert Fire Department
Decatur County: 7 departments, 94 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 43% of departments. County / state rollup.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 12 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Meadow Fire Department, UT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 12 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.