Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWalnut Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad
Walnut, IA · Pottawattamie County. Walnut Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 34 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.
- 34
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Walnut Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Iowa average.
- Top 38%
- national personnel size
- +70%
- 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.
Walnut Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department serving Walnut, IA (Pottawattamie County), with 1 station and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,537 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,537 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #109 of 589
- 2.94 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Pottawattamie County
Walnut Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
34 Top 38% higher than 62% 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 78015 · Walnut Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad, IA 34 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 34
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,537
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tippecanoe Townsh…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Tippecanoe Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+ 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.
- Walnut Volunteer… (this dept) 34
- High East Sparta Volun…, OH 34
- Near Tippecanoe Townsh…, IN 34
- Near Kellogg, MN 34
- Near Palma - Briensburg, KY 34
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Walnut, IA
- County
- Pottawattamie County
- FDID
- 78015
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Walnut Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #109 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,537 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
Walnut Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad is 7.9% of Pottawattamie County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 433 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 88% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 34 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Tippecanoe Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 34 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.