Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

City of Ocean Shores Fire and Emergency Care Department

Ocean Shores, WA · Grays Harbor County. City of Ocean Shores Fire and Emergency Care Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 40 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.

40
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

City of Ocean Shores Fire and Emergency Care Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Washington average.

Top 26%
national personnel size
+8%
vs. Washington average
1
station
$2,294,335
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.

A
PlainFireData Composite Score
87/100
City of Ocean Shores Fire and Emergency Care 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 A
40 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 A
$57,358 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
40 personnel · 1 station

City of Ocean Shores Fire and Emergency Care Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Ocean Shores, WA (Grays Harbor County), with 1 station and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,934 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,294,335.

  • National personnel rank #5,934 of 22,440
  • WA personnel rank #59 of 120
  • 2.50 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in Grays Harbor County

City of Ocean Shores Fire and Emergency Care Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

40 Top 26% higher than 74% 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 14M08 · City of Ocean Shores Fire and Emergency Care Department, WA 40 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 40
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #5,934
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Odessa Fire Compa…
  • FEMA-MID $2.3M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Odessa Fire Company, DE (+ 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 WA department.

Department Profile

Type
MAINLY PAID PROVIDERS
Location
Ocean Shores, WA
FDID
14M08

FEMA Grant History

$2.3M
Cumulative funding (FY2015–2020)
4
Awards
Year Award Amount
2020 EMW-2020-FG-14123 $217,839.45
2018 EMW-2018-FO-01890 $171,063
2017 EMW-2017-FV-01419 $487,374
2015 EMW2014FH00329 $1,418,059

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

Staffing vs the Washington average

How City of Ocean Shores Fire and Emergency Care Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Washington. In-state it ranks #59 of 120 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,934 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 8% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
68
WA departments
483

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Grays Harbor County

County mix is mostly volunteer (10 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

2.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 40 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Odessa Fire Company, DE (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 40 personnel

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

Odessa Fire Company, DE 40 Albany Fire Protection District, IL 40 Alfred Fire and Rescue Department, ME 40 Alhambra Fire Protection District, IL 40 Alsip Fire Department, IL 40 Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District, IL 40 Lincolnwood Fire Department, IL 40 United States Coast Guard Group - Air Station Astoria, OR 40

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does City of Ocean Shores Fire and Emergency Care Department have?

City of Ocean Shores Fire and Emergency Care Department has 40 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 8% above the Washington average of 37 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #5,934 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within WA, it ranks #59 of 120 by personnel.

Does City of Ocean Shores Fire and Emergency Care Department provide EMS services?

Yes, City of Ocean Shores Fire and Emergency Care Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does City of Ocean Shores Fire and Emergency Care Department operate?

City of Ocean Shores Fire and Emergency Care Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is City of Ocean Shores Fire and Emergency Care Department?

City of Ocean Shores Fire and Emergency Care Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Grays Harbor County, WA. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has City of Ocean Shores Fire and Emergency Care Department received federal grants?

Yes, City of Ocean Shores Fire and Emergency Care Department has received 4 FEMA grants totaling $2,294,335.45 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2015–2020 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2020.

How many fire departments are in Washington?

Washington has 483 fire departments with 17,908 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

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