Department profile
VolunteerAsher Fire Department
Asher, OK · Pottawatomie County. Asher Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 16 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 16
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Asher Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Oklahoma average.
- 13th pct.
- national personnel size
- +33%
- vs. Oklahoma 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.
Asher Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Asher, OK (Pottawatomie County), with 2 stations and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,425 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,425 of 22,440
- OK personnel rank #296 of 513
- 12.50 stations per 100 personnel
- 11 other listed departments in Pottawatomie County
Asher Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
16 Top 87% higher than 13% 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 63001 · Asher Fire Department, OK 16 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 16
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #19,425
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Java
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Java Fire Department, SD (+ 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 OK department.
- Asher (this dept) 16
- High Cherry Grove Volu…, PA 16
- Near Java, SD 16
- Near Spurgeon, IN 16
- Near Vonore Volunteer, TN 16
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Asher, OK
- County
- Pottawatomie County
- FDID
- 63001
Staffing vs the Oklahoma average
How Asher Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oklahoma. In-state it ranks #296 of 513 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,425 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- OK departments
- 1,049
County roster geometry
Pottawatomie County HIFLD mix around Asher Fire Department
Pottawatomie County: 16 departments, 158 personnel (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 13% of departments. County / state rollup.
12.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 16 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Java Fire Department, SD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 16 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OK department.