Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWrangell Volunteer Fire Department
Wrangell, AK · Wrangell-Petersburg County. Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 36 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.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alaska average.
- Top 34%
- national personnel size
- +112%
- 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.
Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Wrangell, AK (Wrangell-Petersburg County), with 2 stations and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,562 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,562 of 22,440
- AK personnel rank #39 of 119
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Wrangell-Petersburg County
Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 34% higher than 66% 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 15100 · Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department, AK 36 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,562
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sturgeon Bay Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sturgeon Bay Fire Department - East Station, WI (+ 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.
- Wrangell Volunteer (this dept) 36
- High Linton, ND 36
- Near Sturgeon Bay Fire…, WI 36
- Near Petit Jean Fire S…, AR 36
- Near Negley Volunteer…, OH 36
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Wrangell, AK
- FDID
- 15100
Staffing vs the Alaska average
How Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alaska. In-state it ranks #39 of 119 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,562 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 18
- AK departments
- 286
County roster weight
Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department carries 25.2% of Wrangell-Petersburg County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (143 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sturgeon Bay Fire Department - East Station, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AK department.