Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderKachemak Emergency Services
Homer, AK · Kenai Peninsula County. Kachemak Emergency Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 46 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.
- 46
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Kachemak Emergency Services pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alaska average.
- Top 21%
- national personnel size
- +171%
- vs. Alaska 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.
Kachemak Emergency Services is a Volunteer department serving Homer, AK (Kenai Peninsula County), with 1 station and 46 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,613 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,613 of 22,440
- AK personnel rank #25 of 119
- 2.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 19 other listed departments in Kenai Peninsula County
Kachemak Emergency Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 26541 · Kachemak Emergency Services, AK 46 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 46
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,613
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Morning Star
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Morning Star Fire Department, AR (+ 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.
- Kachemak Emergenc… (this dept) 46
- High Churchville Volun…, NY 46
- Near Morning Star, AR 46
- Near Minneapolis Saint…, MN 46
- Near Plain Township, OH 46
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Homer, AK
- County
- Kenai Peninsula County
- FDID
- 26541
Staffing vs the Alaska average
How Kachemak Emergency Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alaska. In-state it ranks #25 of 119 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,613 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 18
- AK departments
- 286
County roster geometry
Kenai Peninsula County HIFLD mix around Kachemak Emergency Services
Kenai Peninsula County: 21 departments, 395 personnel (12 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 95% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 46 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Morning Star Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 46 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AK department.