Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Bonners Ferry Fire Department

Bonners Ferry, ID · Boundary County. Bonners Ferry Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 22 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.

22
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Bonners Ferry Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Idaho average.

31st pct.
national personnel size
+29%
vs. Idaho 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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
9/100
Bonners Ferry 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
11 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
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
22 personnel · 2 stations

Bonners Ferry Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bonners Ferry, ID (Boundary County), with 2 stations and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,456 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #15,456 of 22,440
  • ID personnel rank #88 of 152
  • 9.09 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in Boundary County

Bonners Ferry Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

22 Top 69% higher than 31% 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 21301 · Bonners Ferry Fire Department, ID 22 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 22
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #15,456
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pamplico Voluntee…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Pamplico Volunteer Fire and Rescue, SC (+ 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 ID department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Bonners Ferry, ID
FDID
21301

Staffing vs the Idaho average

How Bonners Ferry Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Idaho. In-state it ranks #88 of 152 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,456 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 29% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
23
ID departments
292

County roster geometry

Boundary County HIFLD mix around Bonners Ferry Fire Department

Boundary County: 13 departments, 124 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 23% of departments. County / state rollup.

9.09 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 22 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Pamplico Volunteer Fire and Rescue, SC (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Curley Creek Volunteer Fire Department
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Hall Mountain Volunteer Fire Department
Moyie Springs · volunteer
Moyie Springs Fire Department
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North Bench Fire Department
Bonners Ferry · volunteer
Paradise Valley Fire Department
Bonners Ferry · other
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 22 personnel

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