Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMackay Fire Department
Mackay, ID · Custer County. Mackay Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Mackay Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Idaho average.
- 39th pct.
- national personnel size
- +47%
- vs. Idaho average
- 4
- stations
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.
Mackay Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Mackay, ID (Custer County), with 4 stations and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,643 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,643 of 22,440
- ID personnel rank #70 of 152
- 16.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Custer County
Mackay Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 61% higher than 39% 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 37305 · Mackay Fire Department, ID 25 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #13,643
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Westminster
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Westminster Fire Department, SC (+ 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 ID department.
- Mackay (this dept) 25
- High Persia Volunteer, TN 25
- Near Westminster, SC 25
- Near Savoonga Volunteer, AK 25
- Near Cleveland, SC 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Mackay, ID
- County
- Custer County
- FDID
- 37305
Staffing vs the Idaho average
How Mackay Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Idaho. In-state it ranks #70 of 152 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,643 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 23
- ID departments
- 292
County roster weight
Mackay Fire Department carries 35.2% of Custer County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (71 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 60% of the county count. County / state rollup.
16.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Westminster Fire Department, SC (+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 ID department.