Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHam Lake Fire Department
Ham Lake, MN · Anoka County. Ham Lake Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 35 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.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Ham Lake Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Minnesota average.
- Top 35%
- national personnel size
- +67%
- vs. Minnesota average
- 2
- stations
- $736,250
- 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.
Ham Lake Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Ham Lake, MN (Anoka County), with 2 stations and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,815 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $736,250.
- National personnel rank #7,815 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #99 of 614
- 5.71 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 17 other listed departments in Anoka County
Ham Lake Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 35% higher than 65% 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 02109 · Ham Lake Fire Department, MN 35 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,815
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Baker Heights Vol…
- FEMA-MID $736K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Baker Heights Volunteer Fire Department Company, 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 MN department.
- Ham Lake (this dept) 35
- High Marlborough Volun…, CT 35
- Near Baker Heights Vol…, WV 35
- Near United Volunteer…, PA 35
- Near Cresskill Volunte…, NJ 35
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ham Lake, MN
- County
- Anoka County
- FDID
- 02109
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | EMW2013FV00981 | $736,250 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Ham Lake Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #99 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,815 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster fringe
Ham Lake Fire Department is 7.0% 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.
5.71 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Baker Heights Volunteer Fire Department Company, WV (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.