Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) · Iowa

Fire Department

Name: Fire Department Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Ames, IA · ~69 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.0
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 1
Fatality

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The verdict

Fire Department runs at 187% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade D.

Fire Department: 6.0 TCR = 187% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Department safety composite

Fire Department scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 3%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 5.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers
DART rate: F 14.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers
Fatalities: F 1

Safer than 3% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

Fire Department: 1.1 → 14.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 14.3 TCR · DART/TCR 2.39× in 2021

Fire Department's TCR rose 13.2 from 1.1 in 2016 to 14.3 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 2.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Ames, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 187% of ind

DART 14.3 DART
RANK #3/18
PHOTO Westlake Fire Station
BOOK 5y book
INJ 20 inj
SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Westlake Fire Station (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Fire Department averages 6.0 TCR (187% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark).

Fire Department TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=5.3 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=5 · 2021=14.3 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 18 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Iowa.

Fire Department (69 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Fire Department has more employees than the Fire departments (e.g., government, volu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.8. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year	TCR	DART	Injuries	Illnesses	Fatalities
2021	14.3	14.3	7	7	0
2020	5.0	5.0	4	1	0
2019	4.2	4.2	4	0	0
2017	5.3	4.2	4	1	1
2016	1.1	1.1	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IA · Ames

793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 170 employers in Ames, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Westlake Fire Station	LAKE OSWEGO, OR	6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Belvidere Fire Department	BELVIDERE, IL	6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Town of Greenwich Fire Department	GREENWICH, CT	6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fire Department	ASHEVILLE, NC	6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	United Farmers Cooperative (Red Oak)	RED OAK	69 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative	MARION	69 FTE
STATE-SIZE	175	WEST DES MOINES	69 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Central Life Science - Council Bluffs	COUNCIL BLUFFS	69 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ISU - University Wide	Ames	13,316 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ISU - On Campus	Ames	12,527 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mary Greeley Medical Center- Main Hospital	Ames	1,415 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mary Greeley Medical Center	Ames	1,277 FTE
NAT-TCR	The Westin Las Vegas Hotel and Spa	Las Vegas, NV	6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	POLANER	Parsippany, NJ	6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Transportation Streets and Traffic	Concord, NC	6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lane's Professional Pest Elimination, Inc.	Surfside Beach, SC	6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Phoenix Windsong	Akron, OH	69 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Associate Jobbers Warehouse-15	Boaz, AL	69 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Darway Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center	Forksville, PA	69 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ADESA Houston	Houston, TX	69 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.