Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

North Dakota Air National Guard Fire Department - Hector Field

Fargo, ND · Cass County. North Dakota Air National Guard Fire Department - Hector Field is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 24 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.

24
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

North Dakota Air National Guard Fire Department - Hector Field pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the North Dakota average.

35th pct.
national personnel size
+9%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
51/100
North Dakota Air National Guard Fire Department - Hector Field

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 C
24 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
24 personnel · 1 station

North Dakota Air National Guard Fire Department - Hector Field is a Career (Paid) department serving Fargo, ND (Cass County), with 1 station and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,650 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #14,650 of 22,440
  • ND personnel rank #154 of 249
  • 4.17 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 18 other listed departments in Cass County

North Dakota Air National Guard Fire Department - Hector Field vs. the national personnel distribution

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

24 Top 65% higher than 35% 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 F3017 · North Dakota Air National Guard Fire Department - Hector Field, ND 24 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 24
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #14,650
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 134th Ces/Cef Ten…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: 134th Ces/Cef Tennessee Air National Guard-Dod, TN (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Fargo, ND
FDID
F3017

Staffing vs the North Dakota average

How North Dakota Air National Guard Fire Department - Hector Field's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Dakota. In-state it ranks #154 of 249 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,650 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 9% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
13
ND departments
338

County roster fringe

North Dakota Air National Guard Fire Department - Hector Field is 5.5% of Cass County roster mass

The county lists 20 departments totaling 437 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 45% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 24 roster).

Photo-finish peer: 134th Ces/Cef Tennessee Air National Guard-Dod, TN (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide career peers near 24 personnel

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