Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderYale First Responders and Volunteer Fire Department
Yale, IA · Guthrie County. Yale First Responders and Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 12 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.
- 12
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Yale First Responders and Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Iowa average.
- 3rd pct.
- national personnel size
- -40%
- 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.
Yale First Responders and Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Yale, IA (Guthrie County), with 1 station and 12 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,663 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,663 of 22,440
- IA personnel rank #580 of 589
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Guthrie County
Yale First Responders and Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
12 Top 97% higher than 3% 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 39009 · Yale First Responders and Volunteer Fire Department, IA 12 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 12
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #21,663
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Fort Yuko…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Fort Yukon Volunteer Fire Department, AK (+ 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.
- Yale First Respon… (this dept) 12
- High Clover Bend Volun…, AR 12
- Near City of Fort Yuko…, AK 12
- Near Beaver Bay Volunt…, MN 12
- Near Grady, AR 12
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Yale, IA
- County
- Guthrie County
- FDID
- 39009
Staffing vs the Iowa average
How Yale First Responders and Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Iowa. In-state it ranks #580 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,663 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
Yale First Responders and Volunteer Fire Department is 7.9% of Guthrie County roster mass
The county lists 9 departments totaling 152 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 78% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 12 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Fort Yukon Volunteer Fire Department, AK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 12 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IA department.