Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Port Alexander Volunteer Fire Department

Port Alexander, AK · Sitka County. Port Alexander Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 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.

20
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Port Alexander Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Alaska average.

22nd pct.
national personnel size
+18%
vs. Alaska 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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
38/100
Port Alexander Volunteer Fire Department

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 D
20 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
20 personnel · 1 station

Port Alexander Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Port Alexander, AK (Sitka County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,525 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #17,525 of 22,440
  • AK personnel rank #76 of 119
  • 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 2 other listed departments in Sitka County

Port Alexander 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 14560 · Port Alexander Volunteer Fire Department, AK 20 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #17,525
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Loganville
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Loganville Fire Department, GA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Port Alexander, AK
FDID
14560

Staffing vs the Alaska average

How Port Alexander Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alaska. In-state it ranks #76 of 119 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,525 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 18% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
18
AK departments
286

County roster geometry

Sitka County HIFLD mix around Port Alexander Volunteer Fire Department

Sitka County: 3 departments, 142 personnel (3 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.

5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Loganville Fire Department, GA (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Sitka Fire Department
Sitka · volunteer
Tenakee Springs Volunteer Fire Department
Tenakee Springs · volunteer
All AK departments →

Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel

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