Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderKing Cove Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad
King Cove, AK · Aleutians East County. King Cove Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 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.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
King Cove Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Alaska average.
- 44th pct.
- national personnel size
- +53%
- 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.
King Cove Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department serving King Cove, AK (Aleutians East County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,652 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,652 of 22,440
- AK personnel rank #56 of 119
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Aleutians East County
King Cove Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 56% higher than 44% 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 21118 · King Cove Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad, AK 26 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,652
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pricetown Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Pricetown Volunteer Fire Department, 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 AK department.
- King Cove Volunte… (this dept) 26
- High Decatur County Vo…, TN 26
- Near Pricetown Volunte…, WV 26
- Near Jackson Mill Volu…, WV 26
- Near Mott Fire District, ND 26
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- King Cove, AK
- County
- Aleutians East County
- FDID
- 21118
Staffing vs the Alaska average
How King Cove Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alaska. In-state it ranks #56 of 119 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,652 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
King Cove Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad carries 26.8% of Aleutians East County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (97 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 83% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Pricetown Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AK department.