Department profile
VolunteerVermillion Fire Department
Vermillion, SD · Clay County. Vermillion Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 43 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 43
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Vermillion Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the South Dakota average.
- Top 24%
- national personnel size
- +115%
- vs. South Dakota average
- 2
- stations
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.
Vermillion Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Vermillion, SD (Clay County), with 2 stations and 43 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,400 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,400 of 22,440
- SD personnel rank #19 of 257
- 4.65 stations per 100 personnel
- 2 other listed departments in Clay County
Vermillion Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
43 Top 24% higher than 76% 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 19001 · Vermillion Fire Department, SD 43 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 43
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #5,400
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Maple Heights
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Maple Heights Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- Vermillion (this dept) 43
- High Fanwood, NJ 43
- Near Maple Heights, OH 43
- Near Bayshore Fire and…, FL 43
- Near Cambridge Springs…, PA 43
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Vermillion, SD
- County
- Clay County
- FDID
- 19001
Staffing vs the South Dakota average
How Vermillion Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in South Dakota. In-state it ranks #19 of 257 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,400 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 17
- SD departments
- 365
County roster weight
Vermillion Fire Department carries 45.7% of Clay County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (94 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 75% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.65 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 43 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Maple Heights Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 43 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every SD department.