Department profile
VolunteerHillsboro Fire Department
Hillsboro, ND · Traill County. Hillsboro Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Hillsboro Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the North Dakota average.
- 40th pct.
- national personnel size
- +14%
- 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.
Hillsboro Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Hillsboro, ND (Traill County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,505 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,505 of 22,440
- ND personnel rank #132 of 249
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 6 other listed departments in Traill County
Hillsboro Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 60% higher than 40% 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 49168 · Hillsboro Fire Department, ND 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #13,505
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Range Township
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Range Township Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- Hillsboro (this dept) 25
- High Hickory Corners a…, PA 25
- Near Range Township, OH 25
- Near Randall, MN 25
- Near Lower Augusta Vol…, PA 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Hillsboro, ND
- County
- Traill County
- FDID
- 49168
Staffing vs the North Dakota average
How Hillsboro Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Dakota. In-state it ranks #132 of 249 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,505 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
Traill County HIFLD mix around Hillsboro Fire Department
Traill County: 7 departments, 189 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 57% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Range Township Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ND department.