Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderGarrison Fire Department
Garrison, ND · Mclean County. Garrison Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station 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
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Garrison Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the North Dakota average.
- Top 27%
- national personnel size
- +82%
- 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.
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.
Garrison Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Garrison, ND (Mclean County), with 1 station and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,027 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,027 of 22,440
- ND personnel rank #34 of 249
- 2.50 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Mclean County
Garrison 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 28128 · Garrison Fire Department, ND 40 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,027
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Waterloo
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Waterloo Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Garrison (this dept) 40
- High Forsyth Volunteer, MT 40
- Near Waterloo, WI 40
- Near Kershaw County Fi…, SC 40
- Near Southborough, MA 40
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Garrison, ND
- County
- Mclean County
- FDID
- 28128
Staffing vs the North Dakota average
How Garrison Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Dakota. In-state it ranks #34 of 249 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,027 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 13
- ND departments
- 338
County roster geometry
Mclean County HIFLD mix around Garrison Fire Department
Mclean County: 9 departments, 345 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 78% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Waterloo Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ND department.