Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Williams Fire and Rescue

Williams, IA · Hamilton County. Williams Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 36 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.

36
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Williams Fire and Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Iowa average.

Top 34%
national personnel size
+80%
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
78/100
Williams Fire and Rescue

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
36 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
36 personnel · 1 station

Williams Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Williams, IA (Hamilton County), with 1 station and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,558 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #7,558 of 22,440
  • IA personnel rank #86 of 589
  • 2.78 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 9 other listed departments in Hamilton County

Williams Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

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

36 Top 34% higher than 66% 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 40009 · Williams Fire and Rescue, IA 36 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 36
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #7,558
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ North Vernon
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: North Vernon 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Williams, IA
FDID
40009

Staffing vs the Iowa average

How Williams Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #86 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,558 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 80% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
39
IA departments
810

County roster weight

Williams Fire and Rescue carries 25.0% of Hamilton County HIFLD personnel

Among 10 listed departments (144 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 60% of the county count. County / state rollup.

2.78 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 36 roster).

Photo-finish peer: North Vernon Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel

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