Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNorth Tongass Volunteer Fire Department
Ketchikan, AK · Ketchikan Gateway County. North Tongass Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 35 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.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
North Tongass Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alaska average.
- Top 36%
- national personnel size
- +106%
- vs. Alaska average
- 2
- 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 Tongass Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Ketchikan, AK (Ketchikan Gateway County), with 2 stations and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,003 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,003 of 22,440
- AK personnel rank #40 of 119
- 5.71 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Ketchikan Gateway County
North Tongass Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 36% higher than 64% 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 13425 · North Tongass Volunteer Fire Department, AK 35 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,003
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wall Township Fir…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Wall Township Fire Company - 3 South Wall Fire and Rescue Company, NJ (+ 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 Tongass Vol… (this dept) 35
- High Whitingham Fire D…, VT 35
- Near Wall Township Fir…, NJ 35
- Near Fairfields Volunt…, VA 35
- Near Eastville Volunte…, VA 35
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ketchikan, AK
- County
- Ketchikan Gateway County
- FDID
- 13425
Staffing vs the Alaska average
How North Tongass Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alaska. In-state it ranks #40 of 119 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,003 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 18
- AK departments
- 286
County roster geometry
Ketchikan Gateway County HIFLD mix around North Tongass Volunteer Fire Department
Ketchikan Gateway County: 9 departments, 149 personnel (3 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 44% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.71 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Wall Township Fire Company - 3 South Wall Fire and Rescue Company, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AK department.