Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderBismarck Fire and Inspections
Bismarck, ND · Burleigh County. Bismarck Fire and Inspections is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 75 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.
- 75
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bismarck Fire and Inspections pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Dakota average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +241%
- vs. North Dakota average
- 4
- stations
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.
Bismarck Fire and Inspections is a Career (Paid) department serving Bismarck, ND (Burleigh County), with 4 stations and 75 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,648 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,648 of 22,440
- ND personnel rank #4 of 249
- 5.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Burleigh County
Bismarck Fire and Inspections vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
75 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 08029 · Bismarck Fire and Inspections, ND 75 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 75
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,648
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Indian Head Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Indian Head Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated, MD (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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 ND department.
- Bismarck Fire and… (this dept) 75
- High Livingston, NJ 75
- Near Indian Head Volun…, MD 75
- Near Lisbon Fire Depar…, CT 75
- Near North Halifax Vol…, VA 75
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Bismarck, ND
- County
- Burleigh County
- FDID
- 08029
Staffing vs the North Dakota average
How Bismarck Fire and Inspections's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Dakota. In-state it ranks #4 of 249 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,648 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 13
- ND departments
- 338
County roster weight
Bismarck Fire and Inspections carries 55.1% of Burleigh County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (136 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 33% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 75 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Indian Head Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated, MD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 75 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ND department.