Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderKake Volunteer Fire Department
Kake, AK · Wrangell-Petersburg County. Kake Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 50 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.
- 50
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Kake Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alaska average.
- Top 18%
- national personnel size
- +194%
- 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.
Kake Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Kake, AK (Wrangell-Petersburg County), with 1 station and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,930 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,930 of 22,440
- AK personnel rank #24 of 119
- 2.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Wrangell-Petersburg County
Kake Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
50 Top 18% higher than 82% 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 15200 · Kake Volunteer Fire Department, AK 50 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 50
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,930
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Southern Door Vol…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Southern Door Volunteer 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 AK department.
- Kake Volunteer (this dept) 50
- High Jackson Mills Vol…, NJ 50
- Near Southern Door Vol…, WI 50
- Near North Evans Volun…, NY 50
- Near Lanoka Harbor Vol…, NJ 50
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Kake, AK
- FDID
- 15200
Staffing vs the Alaska average
How Kake Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alaska. In-state it ranks #24 of 119 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,930 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 18
- AK departments
- 286
County roster weight
Kake Volunteer Fire Department carries 35.0% of Wrangell-Petersburg County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (143 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 50 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Southern Door Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 50 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AK department.