Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderWaterloo Fire and Rescue
Waterloo, IA · Black Hawk County. Waterloo Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 7 stations and 122 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.
- 122
- Total personnel
- 7
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Waterloo Fire and Rescue pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Iowa average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +510%
- vs. Iowa average
- 7
- stations
- $1,682,906
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Waterloo Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Waterloo, IA (Black Hawk County), with 7 stations and 122 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #661 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,682,906.
- National personnel rank #661 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #4 of 589
- 5.74 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Black Hawk County
Waterloo Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
122 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 07009 · Waterloo Fire and Rescue, IA 122 personnel · 7 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 122
- STA-MULTI 7 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #661
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ East Haven
- FEMA-MID $1.7M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: East Haven Fire Department, CT (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Waterloo Fire and… (this dept) 122
- High Elgin, IL 122
- Near East Haven, CT 122
- Near Carroll County Fi…, MD 122
- Near Monarch Fire Prot…, MO 122
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Waterloo, IA
- County
- Black Hawk County
- FDID
- 07009
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FF-00832 | $979,961.86 |
| 2016 | EMW2014FH00136 | $158,696 |
| 2009 | EMW-2009-FO-1028 | $331,631 |
| 2005 | EMW-2005-FG-0628 | $212,617 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Waterloo Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #4 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #661 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 7
- State fire deaths/yr
- 39
- IA departments
- 810
County roster weight
Waterloo Fire and Rescue carries 38.7% of Black Hawk County HIFLD personnel
Among 10 listed departments (315 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.74 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (7 stations / 122 roster).
Photo-finish peer: East Haven Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 122 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.