Department profile

Volunteer

North of the Narrows Fire District

Coolin, ID · Bonner County. North of the Narrows Fire District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 12 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

12
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

North of the Narrows Fire District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Idaho average.

4th pct.
national personnel size
-29%
vs. Idaho 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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
10/100
North of the Narrows Fire District

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 F
12 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
12 personnel · 1 station

North of the Narrows Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Coolin, ID (Bonner County), with 1 station and 12 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,520 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #21,520 of 22,440
  • ID personnel rank #143 of 152
  • 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • 17 other listed departments in Bonner County

North of the Narrows Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

12 Top 96% higher than 4% 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 17339 · North of the Narrows Fire District, ID 12 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-MICRO 12
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #21,520
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Escalante Volunte…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Escalante Volunteer Fire Department, UT (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Coolin, ID
FDID
17339

Staffing vs the Idaho average

How North of the Narrows Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Idaho. In-state it ranks #143 of 152 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,520 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 29% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
23
ID departments
292

County roster fringe

North of the Narrows Fire District is 4.4% of Bonner County roster mass

The county lists 19 departments totaling 273 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 26% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 12 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Escalante Volunteer Fire Department, UT (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 12 personnel

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