Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNorth Ada County Fire and Rescue
Garden City, ID · Ada County. North Ada County Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 51 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.
- 51
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
North Ada County Fire and Rescue pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Idaho average.
- Top 17%
- national personnel size
- +200%
- vs. Idaho average
- 3
- 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.
North Ada County Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Garden City, ID (Ada County), with 3 stations and 51 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,732 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,732 of 22,440
- ID personnel rank #20 of 152
- 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Ada County
North Ada County Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
51 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 01236 · North Ada County Fire and Rescue, ID 51 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 51
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,732
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dennis
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Dennis 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 ID department.
- North Ada County… (this dept) 51
- High Hill City, SD 51
- Near Dennis, MA 51
- Near South River-Merri…, NC 51
- Near Southwest Rural F…, NE 51
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Garden City, ID
- County
- Ada County
- FDID
- 01236
Staffing vs the Idaho average
How North Ada County Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Idaho. In-state it ranks #20 of 152 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,732 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 23
- ID departments
- 292
County roster fringe
North Ada County Fire and Rescue is 9.6% of Ada County roster mass
The county lists 13 departments totaling 533 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 92% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 51 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Dennis Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 51 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ID department.