State of Alaska Department of Transportation Public Facilities

What This Data Tells You About State of Alaska Department of Transportation Public Facilities

State of Alaska Department of Transportation Public Facilities operates as a fire department in Cold Bay, within Aleutians East County, and the HIFLD and USFA records give a precise structural picture of its response capacity. The department reports unreported personnel, no station count on file, no truck inventory reported. EMS capability is listed as active.

Benchmarking against the state gives this profile context. Alaska has 286 registered fire departments and 4,811 total personnel, averaging roughly 17 staff per department. Direct staffing comparisons are limited where personnel counts are not reported. The state records about 4,100 fires, 18 fire deaths, and 38% volunteer coverage each year, which shapes training, funding priorities, and mutual-aid patterns felt at every department in the state.

No FEMA AFG or SAFER grant awards are recorded against this department's FDID in USAspending data, which is common for smaller or volunteer-heavy organizations that lean on state and local funding instead.