Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderGreater Prudhoe Bay Fire Department
Prudhoe Bay, AK · North Slope County. Greater Prudhoe Bay Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 191 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.
- 191
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Greater Prudhoe Bay Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alaska average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +1024%
- vs. Alaska 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.
Greater Prudhoe Bay Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Prudhoe Bay, AK (North Slope County), with 2 stations and 191 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #250 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #250 of 22,440
- AK personnel rank #1 of 119
- 1.05 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in North Slope County
Greater Prudhoe Bay Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
191 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 50002 · Greater Prudhoe Bay Fire Department, AK 191 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 191
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #250
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Jackson
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Jackson Fire Department, TN (+ 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 AK department.
- Greater Prudhoe B… (this dept) 191
- High City of Jackson, TN 191
- Low Brentwood, NY 190
- Near Long Beach, NY 190
- Near Poudre Fire Autho…, CO 190
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Prudhoe Bay, AK
- County
- North Slope County
- FDID
- 50002
Staffing vs the Alaska average
How Greater Prudhoe Bay Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alaska. In-state it ranks #1 of 119 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #250 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 18
- AK departments
- 286
County roster weight
Greater Prudhoe Bay Fire Department carries 40.3% of North Slope County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (474 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 43% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.05 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 191 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Jackson Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 191 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AK department.