Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBlack Butte Ranch Rural Fire Protection District
Sisters, OR · Deschutes County. Black Butte Ranch Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 18 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.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Black Butte Ranch Rural Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Oregon average.
- 18th pct.
- national personnel size
- -28%
- vs. Oregon average
- 1
- station
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.
Black Butte Ranch Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Sisters, OR (Deschutes County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,303 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,303 of 22,440
- OR personnel rank #178 of 237
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Deschutes County
Black Butte Ranch Rural Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 82% higher than 18% 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 00026 · Black Butte Ranch Rural Fire Protection District, OR 18 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #18,303
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ McNeil Island
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: McNeil Island Fire Department, WA (+ 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.
- Black Butte Ranch… (this dept) 18
- High Baileyville Volun…, ME 18
- Near McNeil Island, WA 18
- Near Granger City, WA 18
- Near Albany Volunteer, TX 18
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Sisters, OR
- County
- Deschutes County
- FDID
- 00026
Staffing vs the Oregon average
How Black Butte Ranch Rural Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #178 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,303 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 42
- OR departments
- 465
County roster fringe
Black Butte Ranch Rural Fire Protection District is 5.1% of Deschutes County roster mass
The county lists 15 departments totaling 353 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 93% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: McNeil Island Fire Department, WA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OR department.