Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderDickinson Fire Protection District / Dickinson Rural Fire Department
Dickinson, ND · Stark County. Dickinson Fire Protection District / Dickinson Rural Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 68 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.
- 68
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Dickinson Fire Protection District / Dickinson Rural Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Dakota average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +209%
- vs. North Dakota average
- 2
- 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.
Dickinson Fire Protection District / Dickinson Rural Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Dickinson, ND (Stark County), with 2 stations and 68 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,033 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,033 of 22,440
- ND personnel rank #7 of 249
- 2.94 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Stark County
Dickinson Fire Protection District / Dickinson Rural Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
68 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 45081 · Dickinson Fire Protection District / Dickinson Rural Fire Department, ND 68 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 68
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,033
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Willowick
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Willowick Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- Dickinson Fire Pr… (this dept) 68
- High Walworth Fire Dep…, NY 68
- Near Willowick, OH 68
- Near Taylor, PA 68
- Near Riverside County, CA 68
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Dickinson, ND
- County
- Stark County
- FDID
- 45081
Staffing vs the North Dakota average
How Dickinson Fire Protection District / Dickinson Rural Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Dakota. In-state it ranks #7 of 249 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,033 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 13
- ND departments
- 338
County roster weight
Dickinson Fire Protection District / Dickinson Rural Fire Department carries 31.2% of Stark County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (218 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 100% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 68 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Willowick Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 68 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ND department.