Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderValdez Fire Department
Valdez, AK · Valdez-Cordova County. Valdez Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 81 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.
- 81
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Valdez Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alaska average.
- Top 6%
- national personnel size
- +376%
- vs. Alaska average
- 3
- 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.
Valdez Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Valdez, AK (Valdez-Cordova County), with 3 stations and 81 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,443 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,443 of 22,440
- AK personnel rank #9 of 119
- 3.70 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 19 other listed departments in Valdez-Cordova County
Valdez Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
81 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 24100 · Valdez Fire Department, AK 81 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 81
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,443
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Constableville
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Constableville Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Valdez (this dept) 81
- High City of West Covi…, CA 81
- Near Constableville, NY 81
- Near Prospect Park Fir…, PA 81
- Near Hot Springs Villa…, AR 81
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Valdez, AK
- County
- Valdez-Cordova County
- FDID
- 24100
Staffing vs the Alaska average
How Valdez Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alaska. In-state it ranks #9 of 119 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,443 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 18
- AK departments
- 286
County roster weight
Valdez Fire Department carries 25.1% of Valdez-Cordova County HIFLD personnel
Among 21 listed departments (323 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 43% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 81 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Constableville Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 81 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AK department.