Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderUniversity Fire Department
Fairbanks, AK · Fairbanks North Star County. University Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 45 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.
- 45
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
University Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alaska average.
- Top 22%
- national personnel size
- +165%
- vs. Alaska average
- 2
- stations
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.
University Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Fairbanks, AK (Fairbanks North Star County), with 2 stations and 45 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,042 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,042 of 22,440
- AK personnel rank #26 of 119
- 4.44 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Fairbanks North Star County
University Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
45 Top 22% higher than 78% 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 31300 · University Fire Department, AK 45 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 45
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,042
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Star City Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Star City Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- University (this dept) 45
- High Springdale, OH 45
- Near Star City Volunte…, WV 45
- Near Granville Volunte…, WV 45
- Near Cheat Lake Volunt…, WV 45
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Fairbanks, AK
- FDID
- 31300
Staffing vs the Alaska average
How University Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alaska. In-state it ranks #26 of 119 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,042 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 18
- AK departments
- 286
County roster fringe
University Fire Department is 9.7% of Fairbanks North Star County roster mass
The county lists 19 departments totaling 462 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.44 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 45 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Star City Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 45 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AK department.