Department profile

Volunteer

Blue River Volunteer Fire Department

Blue River, OR · Lane County. Blue River Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 8 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

8
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Blue River Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Oregon average.

1st pct.
national personnel size
-68%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
7/100
Blue River Volunteer 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
8 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
8 personnel · 1 station

Blue River Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Blue River, OR (Lane County), with 1 station and 8 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,180 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #22,180 of 22,440
  • OR personnel rank #231 of 237
  • 12.50 stations per 100 personnel
  • 31 other listed departments in Lane County

Blue River Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

8 Top 99% higher than 1% 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 00439 · Blue River Volunteer Fire Department, OR 8 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MICRO 8
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #22,180
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Michigan Departme…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Alpena Field Office, MI (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Blue River, OR
FDID
00439

Staffing vs the Oregon average

How Blue River Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #231 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,180 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 68% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
42
OR departments
465

County roster fringe

Blue River Volunteer Fire Department is 0.7% of Lane County roster mass

The county lists 40 departments totaling 1,148 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 68% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

12.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 8 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Alpena Field Office, MI (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Deadwood Creek Fire Service
Deadwood · volunteer
Eugene Fire
Eugene · career
Lake Creek Fire and Rescue
Blachly · volunteer
Lane Rural Fire and Rescue
Eugene · volunteer
All OR departments →

Nationwide volunteer peers near 8 personnel

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