Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Sanborn Fire Department

Sanborn, ND · Barnes County. Sanborn Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 71 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.

71
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Sanborn Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Dakota average.

Top 8%
national personnel size
+223%
vs. North Dakota 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
PlainFireData Composite Score
95/100
Sanborn 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 A
71 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
71 personnel · 1 station

Sanborn Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Sanborn, ND (Barnes County), with 1 station and 71 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,870 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #1,870 of 22,440
  • ND personnel rank #5 of 249
  • 1.41 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 13 other listed departments in Barnes County

Sanborn Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

71 Top 8% higher than 92% 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 02312 · Sanborn Fire Department, ND 71 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-MID 71
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,870
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Avalon Volunteer…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Avalon Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Sanborn, ND
FDID
02312

Staffing vs the North Dakota average

How Sanborn Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Dakota. In-state it ranks #5 of 249 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,870 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 223% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
13
ND departments
338

County roster geometry

Barnes County HIFLD mix around Sanborn Fire Department

Barnes County: 14 departments, 292 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 64% of departments. County / state rollup.

1.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 71 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Avalon Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 71 personnel

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