Department profile
VolunteerWest Bend Fire Department
West Bend, IA · Palo Alto County. West Bend Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 22 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 22
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
West Bend Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Iowa average.
- 28th pct.
- national personnel size
- +10%
- 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.
West Bend Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving West Bend, IA (Palo Alto County), with 1 station and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,066 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,066 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #380 of 589
- 4.55 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Palo Alto County
West Bend Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
22 Top 72% higher than 28% 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 74009 · West Bend Fire Department, IA 22 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 22
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #16,066
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Owens and Company…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Owens and Company Mutual Aid Fire Service Incorporated, OK (+ 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.
- West Bend (this dept) 22
- High Higginson Volunte…, AR 22
- Near Owens and Company…, OK 22
- Near McCrory, AR 22
- Near Homedale, ID 22
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- West Bend, IA
- County
- Palo Alto County
- FDID
- 74009
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How West Bend Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #380 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,066 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
Palo Alto County HIFLD mix around West Bend Fire Department
Palo Alto County: 8 departments, 157 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 38% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.55 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 22 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Owens and Company Mutual Aid Fire Service Incorporated, OK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 22 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.