Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBemidji Fire Department
Bemidji, MN · Beltrami County. Bemidji Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 46 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.
- 46
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bemidji Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Minnesota average.
- Top 20%
- national personnel size
- +119%
- vs. Minnesota average
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.
Bemidji Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bemidji, MN (Beltrami County) and 46 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,554 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,554 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #50 of 614
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Beltrami County
Bemidji Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
46 Top 20% higher than 80% 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 04305 · Bemidji Fire Department, MN 46 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 46
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,554
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Blairstown Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Blairstown Volunteer Fire Department, MO (+ 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 MN department.
- Bemidji (this dept) 46
- High Alamance, NC 46
- Near Blairstown Volunt…, MO 46
- Near Donald Wescott Fi…, CO 46
- Near Colfax Volunteer, NC 46
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bemidji, MN
- County
- Beltrami County
- FDID
- 04305
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Bemidji Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #50 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,554 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster weight
Bemidji Fire Department carries 35.7% of Beltrami County HIFLD personnel
Among 8 listed departments (129 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 63% of the county count. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Blairstown Volunteer Fire Department, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 46 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.