Department profile
OtherEMS ProviderChugiak Volunteer Fire Department
Chugiak, AK · Anchorage County. Chugiak Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department, 5 stations and 84 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.
- 84
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Chugiak Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alaska average.
- Top 6%
- national personnel size
- +394%
- vs. Alaska average
- 5
- 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.
Chugiak Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Chugiak, AK (Anchorage County), with 5 stations and 84 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,330 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,330 of 22,440
- AK personnel rank #8 of 119
- 5.95 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Anchorage County
Chugiak Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
84 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 23150 · Chugiak Volunteer Fire Department, AK 84 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 84
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,330
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hershey Volunteer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hershey Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+ 0 personnel)
Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every AK department.
- Chugiak Volunteer (this dept) 84
- High Grand Junction, CO 84
- Near Hershey Volunteer…, PA 84
- Near Harrison Township, IN 84
- Near City of Ann Arbor, MI 84
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Chugiak, AK
- County
- Anchorage County
- FDID
- 23150
Staffing vs the Alaska average
How Chugiak Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alaska. In-state it ranks #8 of 119 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,330 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 18
- AK departments
- 286
County roster geometry
Anchorage County HIFLD mix around Chugiak Volunteer Fire Department
Anchorage County: 12 departments, 811 personnel (2 volunteer / 4 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 75% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.95 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 84 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hershey Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 84 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AK department.