Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

West Point Volunteer Fire Department

West Point, IA · Lee County. West Point Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 29 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.

29
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

West Point Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Iowa average.

Top 50%
national personnel size
+45%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
64/100
West Point Volunteer Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity B
29 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
29 personnel · 1 station

West Point Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving West Point, IA (Lee County), with 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,275 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #11,275 of 22,440
  • IA personnel rank #202 of 589
  • 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 9 other listed departments in Lee County

West Point Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

29 Top 50% higher than 50% 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 56011 · West Point Volunteer Fire Department, IA 29 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 29
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #11,275
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Letcher Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Letcher Volunteer Fire Department, SD (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
West Point, IA
FDID
56011

Staffing vs the Iowa average

How West Point Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #202 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,275 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 45% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
39
IA departments
810

County roster geometry

Lee County HIFLD mix around West Point Volunteer Fire Department

Lee County: 10 departments, 183 personnel (6 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 90% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 29 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Letcher Volunteer Fire Department, SD (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Montrose Fire and Rescue
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.