Department profile
OtherEMS ProviderNorth Slope Borough Fire Department - Point Lay Station
Point Lay, AK · North Slope County. North Slope Borough Fire Department - Point Lay Station is a fire department, 9 stations and 188 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.
- 188
- Total personnel
- 9
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
North Slope Borough Fire Department - Point Lay Station pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alaska average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +1006%
- vs. Alaska average
- 9
- 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 Slope Borough Fire Department - Point Lay Station is a fire department serving Point Lay, AK (North Slope County), with 9 stations and 188 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #256 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #256 of 22,440
- AK personnel rank #2 of 119
- 4.79 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in North Slope County
North Slope Borough Fire Department - Point Lay Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
188 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 35100 · North Slope Borough Fire Department - Point Lay Station, AK 188 personnel · 9 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 188
- STA-MULTI 9 stations
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #256
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Sayville
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Sayville Fire Department, NY (+ 0 personnel)
Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every AK department.
- North Slope Borou… (this dept) 188
- High Winchester Fire a…, VA 188
- Near West Sayville, NY 188
- Near New Oxford Commun…, PA 188
- Low Riverhead Volunte…, NY 187
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Point Lay, AK
- County
- North Slope County
- FDID
- 35100
Staffing vs the Alaska average
How North Slope Borough Fire Department - Point Lay Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alaska. In-state it ranks #2 of 119 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #256 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 9
- State fire deaths/yr
- 18
- AK departments
- 286
County roster weight
North Slope Borough Fire Department - Point Lay Station carries 39.7% of North Slope County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (474 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 43% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.79 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (9 stations / 188 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Sayville Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 188 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AK department.