Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCentral Matanuska-Susitna Fire Department
Wasilla, AK · Matanuska-Susitna County. Central Matanuska-Susitna Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 6 stations and 164 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.
- 164
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Central Matanuska-Susitna Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alaska average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +865%
- vs. Alaska average
- 6
- 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.
Central Matanuska-Susitna Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Wasilla, AK (Matanuska-Susitna County), with 6 stations and 164 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #343 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #343 of 22,440
- AK personnel rank #3 of 119
- 3.66 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Matanuska-Susitna County
Central Matanuska-Susitna Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
164 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 25150 · Central Matanuska-Susitna Fire Department, AK 164 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 164
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #343
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Concord Fire and…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Concord Fire and Life Safety, NC (+ 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 AK department.
- High Odenton Volunteer, MD 165
- Near Luzerne Township…, PA 165
- Central Matanuska… (this dept) 164
- Near Concord Fire and…, NC 164
- Near Tehama County, CA 164
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Wasilla, AK
- County
- Matanuska-Susitna County
- FDID
- 25150
Staffing vs the Alaska average
How Central Matanuska-Susitna Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alaska. In-state it ranks #3 of 119 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #343 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 18
- AK departments
- 286
County roster weight
Central Matanuska-Susitna Fire Department carries 49.5% of Matanuska-Susitna County HIFLD personnel
Among 17 listed departments (331 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 47% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.66 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 164 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Concord Fire and Life Safety, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 164 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AK department.