Department profile

Volunteer

Mekoryuk Volunteer Fire Department

Mekoryuk, AK · Bethel County. Mekoryuk Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

32
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Mekoryuk Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Alaska average.

Top 41%
national personnel size
+88%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
72/100
Mekoryuk Volunteer 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 B
32 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
32 personnel · 1 station

Mekoryuk Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Mekoryuk, AK (Bethel County), with 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,197 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #9,197 of 22,440
  • AK personnel rank #44 of 119
  • 3.13 stations per 100 personnel
  • 25 other listed departments in Bethel County

Mekoryuk Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

32 Top 41% higher than 59% 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 27128 · Mekoryuk Volunteer Fire Department, AK 32 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 32
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #9,197
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hopedale
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Hopedale Fire Department, MA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Mekoryuk, AK
FDID
27128

Staffing vs the Alaska average

How Mekoryuk Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alaska. In-state it ranks #44 of 119 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,197 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 88% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
18
AK departments
286

County roster geometry

Bethel County HIFLD mix around Mekoryuk Volunteer Fire Department

Bethel County: 26 departments, 135 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 35% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 32 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Hopedale Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel

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