Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBowbells Fire Protection District and Ambulance Service
Bowbells, ND · Burke County. Bowbells Fire Protection District and Ambulance Service is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 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.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bowbells Fire Protection District and Ambulance Service pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the North Dakota average.
- 25th pct.
- national personnel size
- -9%
- vs. North Dakota 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.
Bowbells Fire Protection District and Ambulance Service is a Volunteer department serving Bowbells, ND (Burke County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,742 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,742 of 22,440
- ND personnel rank #182 of 249
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Burke County
Bowbells Fire Protection District and Ambulance Service vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 75% higher than 25% 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 07033 · Bowbells Fire Protection District and Ambulance Service, ND 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,742
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Parker
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Parker Fire Department, AZ (+ 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 ND department.
- Bowbells Fire Pro… (this dept) 20
- High Rhineland Area Vo…, MO 20
- Near Parker, AZ 20
- Near Sunset Heights Fi…, OH 20
- Near Springer, NM 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bowbells, ND
- County
- Burke County
- FDID
- 07033
Staffing vs the North Dakota average
How Bowbells Fire Protection District and Ambulance Service's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Dakota. In-state it ranks #182 of 249 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,742 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 13
- ND departments
- 338
County roster weight
Bowbells Fire Protection District and Ambulance Service carries 27.8% of Burke County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (72 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 43% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Parker Fire Department, AZ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ND department.