Department profile
VolunteerMedora Fire Department
Medora, ND · Billings County. Medora Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Medora Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the North Dakota average.
- 9th pct.
- national personnel size
- -32%
- vs. North Dakota 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.
Medora Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Medora, ND (Billings County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,322 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,322 of 22,440
- ND personnel rank #234 of 249
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 1 other listed department in Billings County
Medora Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 91% higher than 9% 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 04229 · Medora Fire Department, ND 15 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #20,322
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lac LA Belle Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lac LA Belle Volunteer Fire Department, MI (+ 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 ND department.
- Medora (this dept) 15
- High Beauregard Volunt…, AL 15
- Near Lac LA Belle Volu…, MI 15
- Near Sherman Township, MI 15
- Near Trumbull Township…, OH 15
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Medora, ND
- County
- Billings County
- FDID
- 04229
Staffing vs the North Dakota average
How Medora Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Dakota. In-state it ranks #234 of 249 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,322 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 13
- ND departments
- 338
County roster weight
Medora Fire Department carries 100.0% of Billings County HIFLD personnel
Among 2 listed departments (15 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lac LA Belle Volunteer Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ND department.