Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Boise City Fire Department

Boise, ID · Ada County. Boise City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 15 stations and 257 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.

257
Total personnel
15
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Boise City Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Idaho average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+1412%
vs. Idaho average
15
stations
$552,857
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
18/100
Boise City 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 D
17.1 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 F
$2,151 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
257 personnel · 15 stations

Boise City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Boise, ID (Ada County), with 15 stations and 257 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #148 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $552,857.

  • National personnel rank #148 of 22,440
  • ID personnel rank #1 of 152
  • 5.84 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 7 other listed departments in Ada County

Boise City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

257 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 01100 · Boise City Fire Department, ID 257 personnel · 15 stations

PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-LARGE 257
  • STA-MULTI 15 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #148
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pembroke Pines Fi…
  • FEMA-MID $553K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Pembroke Pines Fire and Rescue, FL (+ 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 ID department.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Boise, ID
FDID
01100

FEMA Grant History

$553K
Cumulative funding (FY2024)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2024 EMW-2024-FP-01073 $552,857.14

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

Staffing vs the Idaho average

How Boise City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Idaho. In-state it ranks #1 of 152 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #148 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 1412% above the state average
Stations
15
State fire deaths/yr
23
ID departments
292

County roster weight

Boise City Fire Department carries 48.2% of Ada County HIFLD personnel

Among 13 listed departments (533 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 31% of the county count. County / state rollup.

5.84 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (15 stations / 257 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Pembroke Pines Fire and Rescue, FL (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Eagle Fire Protection District
Eagle · volunteer
Kuna Rural Fire District
Kuna · volunteer
Meridian Fire Department
Meridian · career
North Ada County Fire and Rescue
Garden City · volunteer
All ID departments →

Nationwide career peers near 257 personnel

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

Pembroke Pines Fire and Rescue, FL 257 Paterson Fire Department, NJ 256 Hall County Fire Services, GA 259 Scottsdale Fire Department, AZ 259 Springfield Fire Department, MA 253 Suffolk Department of Fire and Rescue, VA 253 New Bedford Fire Department, MA 262 Garland Fire Department, TX 251

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Boise City Fire Department have?

Boise City Fire Department has 257 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 1412% above the Idaho average of 17 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #148 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within ID, it ranks #1 of 152 by personnel.

Does Boise City Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Boise City Fire Department operate?

Boise City Fire Department operates 15 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Boise City Fire Department?

Boise City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Ada County, ID. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Boise City Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Boise City Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $552,857.14 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 Idaho?

Idaho has 292 fire departments with 5,065 total personnel. 50% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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