Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderFridley Fire Department
Fridley, MN · Anoka County. Fridley Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 32 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.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Fridley Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Minnesota average.
- Top 40%
- national personnel size
- +52%
- vs. Minnesota average
- 3
- stations
- $443,674
- 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.
Fridley Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Fridley, MN (Anoka County), with 3 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,081 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $443,674.
- National personnel rank #9,081 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #127 of 614
- 9.38 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 17 other listed departments in Anoka County
Fridley Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 40% higher than 60% 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 02308 · Fridley Fire Department, MN 32 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,081
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Boiling Springs R…
- FEMA-LIGHT $444K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Boiling Springs Rural Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+ 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 MN department.
- Fridley (this dept) 32
- High Langley Volunteer, SC 32
- Near Boiling Springs R…, NC 32
- Near West Homestead Vo…, PA 32
- Near Library Volunteer…, PA 32
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Fridley, MN
- County
- Anoka County
- FDID
- 02308
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-04935 | $193,427 |
| 2009 | EMW-2009-FO-1147 | $250,247 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Fridley Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #127 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,081 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster fringe
Fridley Fire Department is 6.4% of Anoka County roster mass
The county lists 24 departments totaling 501 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 92% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
9.38 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Boiling Springs Rural Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.