Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNorth Star Volunteer Fire Department
North Pole, AK · Fairbanks North Star County. North Star Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 86 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.
- 86
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
North Star Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alaska average.
- Top 6%
- national personnel size
- +406%
- vs. Alaska average
- 5
- stations
- $728,034
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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 Star Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving North Pole, AK (Fairbanks North Star County), with 5 stations and 86 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,274 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $728,034.
- National personnel rank #1,274 of 22,440
- AK personnel rank #7 of 119
- 5.81 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Fairbanks North Star County
North Star Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
86 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 31600 · North Star Volunteer Fire Department, AK 86 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 86
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,274
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Howells
- FEMA-MID $728K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Howells Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- North Star Volunt… (this dept) 86
- High Mifflin Township…, OH 86
- Near Howells, NY 86
- Near San Juan Fire Dep…, UT 86
- Near Casper Mountain, WY 86
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- North Pole, AK
- FDID
- 31600
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | EMW2014FH00816 | $737,934 |
| 2010 | EMW2009FF00590 | $-9,900 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Alaska average
How North Star Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alaska. In-state it ranks #7 of 119 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,274 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 18
- AK departments
- 286
County roster geometry
Fairbanks North Star County HIFLD mix around North Star Volunteer Fire Department
Fairbanks North Star County: 19 departments, 462 personnel (5 volunteer / 4 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.81 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 86 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Howells Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 86 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AK department.