[1] AFD is assisted by two volunteer fire departments operating in the outlying areas of the Anchorage Municipality.

Bridget Bushue and Michelle Weston previously served as AFD Deputy Chiefs.

Cleo Hill and Bridget Bushue both filled command roles as Fire Marshals.

In the north, Chugiak Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company, Inc. operates five stations and serves an area from the North Eagle River overpass on the Glenn Highway to the Municipal boundary at the Knik River under the leadership of Chief Scott Fisher and two assistant chiefs.

Girdwood can be isolated from Anchorage and travel south to the Kenai Peninsula by severe weather (white out conditions), avalanches and rockfall and is in an earthquake and tsunami zone.