Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

City of Hazen Fire and Rescue

Hazen, ND · Mercer County. City of Hazen Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 34 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.

34
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

City of Hazen Fire and Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the North Dakota average.

Top 37%
national personnel size
+55%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
76/100
City of Hazen Fire and Rescue

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.

Staffing capacity B
34 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
34 personnel · 1 station

City of Hazen Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Hazen, ND (Mercer County), with 1 station and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,290 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #8,290 of 22,440
  • ND personnel rank #58 of 249
  • 2.94 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 5 other listed departments in Mercer County

City of Hazen Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

34 Top 37% higher than 63% 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 29162 · City of Hazen Fire and Rescue, ND 34 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 34
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #8,290
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pleasant Valley
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Pleasant Valley Fire Department, SC (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Hazen, ND
FDID
29162

Staffing vs the North Dakota average

How City of Hazen Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Dakota. In-state it ranks #58 of 249 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,290 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 55% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
13
ND departments
338

County roster weight

City of Hazen Fire and Rescue carries 33.3% of Mercer County HIFLD personnel

Among 6 listed departments (102 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 67% of the county count. County / state rollup.

2.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 34 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Pleasant Valley Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 34 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ND department.