Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Anacortes Fire Department

Anacortes, WA · Skagit County. Anacortes Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 29 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.

29
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Anacortes Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount below the Washington average.

Top 49%
national personnel size
-22%
vs. Washington average
2
stations
$1,113,985
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
19/100
Anacortes Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity F
14.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
29 personnel · 2 stations

Anacortes Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Anacortes, WA (Skagit County), with 2 stations and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,913 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,113,985.

  • National personnel rank #10,913 of 22,440
  • WA personnel rank #86 of 120
  • 6.90 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 5 other listed departments in Skagit County

Anacortes Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

29 Top 49% higher than 51% 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 29M01 · Anacortes Fire Department, WA 29 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 29
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #10,913
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Burns
  • FEMA-MID $1.1M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Burns Fire Department, OR (+ 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 WA department.

Department Profile

Type
MAINLY PAID PROVIDERS
Location
Anacortes, WA
FDID
29M01

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2024)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2024 EMW-2024-FF-00656 $1,113,984.89

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Washington average

How Anacortes Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Washington. In-state it ranks #86 of 120 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,913 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 22% below the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
68
WA departments
483

County roster fringe

Anacortes Fire Department is 5.7% of Skagit County roster mass

The county lists 17 departments totaling 513 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

6.90 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 29 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Burns Fire Department, OR (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 29 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WA department.

Burns Fire Department, OR 29 Astoria Fire Protection District, IL 29 Belvidere Fire Department, IL 29 Benson Community Fire Protection District, IL 29 North Maine Fire Protection District, IL 29 Pampa Fire Department, TX 29 Sachse Fire and Rescue, TX 29 Village of Bellwood Fire Department, IL 29

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Anacortes Fire Department have?

Anacortes Fire Department has 29 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 22% below the Washington average of 37 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #10,913 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within WA, it ranks #86 of 120 by personnel.

Does Anacortes Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Anacortes Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Anacortes Fire Department operate?

Anacortes Fire Department operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Anacortes Fire Department?

Anacortes Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Skagit County, WA. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Anacortes Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Anacortes Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $1,113,984.89 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2024 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2024.

How many fire departments are in Washington?

Washington has 483 fire departments with 17,908 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.