Department profile

Volunteer

Fairdale Rural Fire Protection District

Fairdale, ND · Walsh County. Fairdale Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

30
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Fairdale Rural Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the North Dakota average.

Top 45%
national personnel size
+36%
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
67/100
Fairdale Rural Fire Protection District

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
30 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
30 personnel · 1 station

Fairdale Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Fairdale, ND (Walsh County), with 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,129 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #10,129 of 22,440
  • ND personnel rank #84 of 249
  • 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • 11 other listed departments in Walsh County

Fairdale Rural Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

30 Top 45% higher than 55% 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 50107 · Fairdale Rural Fire Protection District, ND 30 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 30
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #10,129
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dunlow Volunteer…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Dunlow Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue, WV (+ 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
Fairdale, ND
FDID
50107

Staffing vs the North Dakota average

How Fairdale Rural Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Dakota. In-state it ranks #84 of 249 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,129 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 36% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
13
ND departments
338

County roster geometry

Walsh County HIFLD mix around Fairdale Rural Fire Protection District

Walsh County: 13 departments, 257 personnel (11 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 62% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Dunlow Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue, WV (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel

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