Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderAstoria Fire Department
Astoria, OR · Clatsop County. Astoria Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 52 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.
- 52
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Astoria Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Oregon average.
- Top 16%
- national personnel size
- +108%
- vs. Oregon average
- 2
- stations
- $652,700
- 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.
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.
Astoria Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Astoria, OR (Clatsop County), with 2 stations and 52 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,528 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $652,700.
- National personnel rank #3,528 of 22,440
- OR personnel rank #38 of 237
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Clatsop County
Astoria Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
52 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 00013 · Astoria Fire Department, OR 52 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 52
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,528
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bedford Township…
- FEMA-MID $653K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bedford Township Fire Protection District, IL (+ 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 OR department.
- Astoria (this dept) 52
- High Effingham, IL 52
- Near Bedford Township…, IL 52
- Near Bexar-Bulverde Vo…, TX 52
- Near Cedarville Fire P…, IL 52
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Astoria, OR
- County
- Clatsop County
- FDID
- 00013
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-01335 | $750,000 |
| 2011 | EMW2010FF00588 | $-97,300 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Oregon average
How Astoria Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #38 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,528 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 42
- OR departments
- 465
County roster geometry
Clatsop County HIFLD mix around Astoria Fire Department
Clatsop County: 17 departments, 328 personnel (9 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 76% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 52 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bedford Township Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 52 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OR department.