Department profile
VolunteerCathay Fire Protection District
Cathay, ND · Wells County. Cathay Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Cathay Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the North Dakota average.
- 18th pct.
- national personnel size
- -18%
- 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.
Cathay Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Cathay, ND (Wells County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,352 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,352 of 22,440
- ND personnel rank #208 of 249
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- 4 other listed departments in Wells County
Cathay Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 82% higher than 18% 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 52054 · Cathay Fire Protection District, ND 18 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #18,352
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pine Grove Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Pine Grove Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+ 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.
- Cathay Fire Prote… (this dept) 18
- High Lakeshore, NM 18
- Near Pine Grove Volunt…, WV 18
- Near Perryville Volunt…, AR 18
- Near San Antonio Fire…, NM 18
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Cathay, ND
- County
- Wells County
- FDID
- 52054
Staffing vs the North Dakota average
How Cathay Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Dakota. In-state it ranks #208 of 249 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,352 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 13
- ND departments
- 338
County roster geometry
Wells County HIFLD mix around Cathay Fire Protection District
Wells County: 5 departments, 128 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 40% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Pine Grove Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ND department.