Iowa fire loss and fire department profile

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Fire departments currently registered with the National Fire Department Registry.

492
Fire departments reported NFIRS data in 2022.

NFIRS data (2022)

3.3
Deaths

7.4
Injuries

per 1,000 fires

In 2022, the national average was 2.1 deaths and 6.4 injuries per 1,000 fires.

11.3
Deaths

30.2
Injuries

per 1,000 fires

In 2022, the national average was 6.1 deaths and 19.8 injuries per 1,000 fires.

Incident type	% of deaths	National average	% of injuries	National average	Firefighter % of injuries	National average
Structures^*	79.2	74.0	90.7	83.1	70.2	79.2
Structures/Residential	75.0	70.0	88.9	74.6	40.4	58.8
Vehicles	20.8	21.6	9.3	8.3	2.1	7.0
Outside	0.0	3.1	0.0	5.7	27.7	12.5

^* Structures include residential and nonresidential buildings.

Percentage of fire departments registered with the registry by department type.

	Volunteer	Mostly volunteer	Mostly career	Career
Iowa	%	%	%	%
National average	%	%	%	%

Percentage of fire departments registered with the registry that provided specialized services.

%	Advanced Life Support
%	Airport/Aviation
%	Basic Life Support
%	Departmental (in-house) training academy
%	Emergency medical services (EMS) ambulance transport
%	EMS nontransport response
%	Fireboat
%	Fire/Injury prevention/Public education
%	Fire inspection/Code enforcement
%	Fire investigation/Fire cause determination
%	Hazardous materials team
%	Juvenile firesetter intervention program
%	Technical/Specialized rescue
%	Vehicle extrication
%	Wildfire/Wildland Urban Interface