Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNikiski Fire Department
Kenai, AK · Kenai Peninsula County. Nikiski Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 62 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.
- 62
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Nikiski Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alaska average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +265%
- vs. Alaska 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.
Nikiski Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Kenai, AK (Kenai Peninsula County), with 4 stations and 62 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,455 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,455 of 22,440
- AK personnel rank #19 of 119
- 6.45 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 19 other listed departments in Kenai Peninsula County
Nikiski Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
62 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 26200 · Nikiski Fire Department, AK 62 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 62
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,455
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Dyersburg
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Dyersburg Fire Department, TN (+ 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.
- Nikiski (this dept) 62
- High Lancaster Fire De…, NH 62
- Near City of Dyersburg, TN 62
- Near Vilonia Municipal, AR 62
- Near Swanzey Fire Depa…, NH 62
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Kenai, AK
- County
- Kenai Peninsula County
- FDID
- 26200
Staffing vs the Alaska average
How Nikiski Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alaska. In-state it ranks #19 of 119 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,455 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 18
- AK departments
- 286
County roster geometry
Kenai Peninsula County HIFLD mix around Nikiski Fire Department
Kenai Peninsula County: 21 departments, 395 personnel (12 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 95% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 62 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Dyersburg Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 62 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AK department.