Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRuby Volunteer Fire Department
Ruby, AK · Yukon-Koyukuk County. Ruby Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 5 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.
- 5
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Ruby Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Alaska average.
- 0th pct.
- national personnel size
- -71%
- 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.
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.
Ruby Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Ruby, AK (Yukon-Koyukuk County), with 1 station and 5 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,389 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #22,389 of 22,440
- AK personnel rank #118 of 119
- 20.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 19 other listed departments in Yukon-Koyukuk County
Ruby Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
5 Top 100% in the bottom 1% 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 34504 · Ruby Volunteer Fire Department, AK 5 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 5
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #22,389
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sioux-Yellowstone…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sioux-Yellowstone Rural Fire Protection District, ND (+ 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.
- Ruby Volunteer (this dept) 5
- High Saint Marie Rural…, MT 5
- Near Sioux-Yellowstone…, ND 5
- Near Moundsville, WV 5
- Near Onizuka Fire and…, CA 5
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ruby, AK
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- FDID
- 34504
Staffing vs the Alaska average
How Ruby Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alaska. In-state it ranks #118 of 119 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,389 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 18
- AK departments
- 286
County roster fringe
Ruby Volunteer Fire Department is 1.9% of Yukon-Koyukuk County roster mass
The county lists 20 departments totaling 257 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 40% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
20.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 5 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sioux-Yellowstone Rural Fire Protection District, ND (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 5 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AK department.