Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderFairbanks Fire Department
Fairbanks, AK · Fairbanks North Star County. Fairbanks Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 40 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.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Fairbanks Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alaska average.
- Top 27%
- national personnel size
- +135%
- vs. Alaska average
- 3
- stations
- $642,463
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Fairbanks Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Fairbanks, AK (Fairbanks North Star County), with 3 stations and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,000 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $642,463.
- National personnel rank #6,000 of 22,440
- AK personnel rank #32 of 119
- 7.50 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Fairbanks North Star County
Fairbanks Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 27% higher than 73% 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 31100 · Fairbanks Fire Department, AK 40 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,000
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Whitewater Townsh…
- FEMA-MID $642K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Whitewater Township Fire Department, OH (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Fairbanks (this dept) 40
- High Montgomery, OH 40
- Near Whitewater Townsh…, OH 40
- Near Sherrill Emergenc…, IA 40
- Near Dyersville, IA 40
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Fairbanks, AK
- FDID
- 31100
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FH-00352 | $642,463.12 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Alaska average
How Fairbanks Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alaska. In-state it ranks #32 of 119 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,000 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 18
- AK departments
- 286
County roster fringe
Fairbanks Fire Department is 8.7% of Fairbanks North Star County roster mass
The county lists 19 departments totaling 462 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Whitewater Township Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AK department.