Department profile
VolunteerPembina Volunteer Fire Department
Pembina, ND · Pembina County. Pembina Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 20
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Pembina Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the North Dakota average.
- 22nd pct.
- national personnel size
- -9%
- vs. North Dakota average
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.
Pembina Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Pembina, ND (Pembina County) and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,488 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,488 of 22,440
- ND personnel rank #196 of 249
- 10 other listed departments in Pembina County
Pembina Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 78% higher than 22% 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 34392 · Pembina Volunteer Fire Department, ND 20 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #17,488
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Temperance Hill V…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Temperance Hill Volunteer Fire Department, SC (+ 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 ND department.
- Pembina Volunteer (this dept) 20
- High Kandiyohi, MN 20
- Near Temperance Hill V…, SC 20
- Near Kesslers Cross La…, WV 20
- Near Prinsburg, MN 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Pembina, ND
- County
- Pembina County
- FDID
- 34392
Staffing vs the North Dakota average
How Pembina Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Dakota. In-state it ranks #196 of 249 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,488 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 13
- ND departments
- 338
County roster fringe
Pembina Volunteer Fire Department is 10.0% of Pembina County roster mass
The county lists 11 departments totaling 201 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 45% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Temperance Hill Volunteer Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ND department.