Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Mackay 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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
5/100
Mackay Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity F
6.3 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
25 personnel · 4 stations

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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Mackay, ID
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.

▲ 47% above the state average
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).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ID department.