Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBuhl Fire Department
Buhl, ID · Twin Falls County. Buhl Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 56 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.
- 56
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Buhl Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Idaho average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +229%
- 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.
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.
Buhl Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Buhl, ID (Twin Falls County), with 2 stations and 56 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,973 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,973 of 22,440
- ID personnel rank #14 of 152
- 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Twin Falls County
Buhl Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
56 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 83207 · Buhl Fire Department, ID 56 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 56
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,973
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Meade County Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Meade County Fire Protection District, KY (+ 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.
- Buhl (this dept) 56
- High Arlington, MN 56
- Near Meade County Fire…, KY 56
- Near Albertville, MN 56
- Near Jackson Center Vo…, OH 56
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Buhl, ID
- County
- Twin Falls County
- FDID
- 83207
Staffing vs the Idaho average
How Buhl Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Idaho. In-state it ranks #14 of 152 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,973 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 23
- ID departments
- 292
County roster geometry
Twin Falls County HIFLD mix around Buhl Fire Department
Twin Falls County: 10 departments, 254 personnel (5 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 40% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 56 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Meade County Fire Protection District, KY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 56 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ID department.