Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCharleston Rural Fire Protection District
Coos Bay, OR · Coos County. Charleston Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 43 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.
- 43
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Charleston Rural Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Oregon average.
- Top 23%
- national personnel size
- +72%
- vs. Oregon average
- 3
- 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.
Charleston Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Coos Bay, OR (Coos County), with 3 stations and 43 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,258 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,258 of 22,440
- OR personnel rank #57 of 237
- 6.98 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 20 other listed departments in Coos County
Charleston Rural Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
43 Top 23% higher than 77% 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 00053 · Charleston Rural Fire Protection District, OR 43 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 43
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,258
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Barnwell
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Barnwell Fire Department, 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 OR department.
- Charleston Rural… (this dept) 43
- High Elmwood Volunteer, TX 43
- Near Barnwell, SC 43
- Near Cedar Hill, TX 43
- Near Coulterville Volu…, IL 43
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Coos Bay, OR
- County
- Coos County
- FDID
- 00053
Staffing vs the Oregon average
How Charleston Rural Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #57 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,258 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 42
- OR departments
- 465
County roster geometry
Coos County HIFLD mix around Charleston Rural Fire Protection District
Coos County: 26 departments, 383 personnel (13 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 46% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.98 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 43 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Barnwell Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 43 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OR department.