Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCity of Vancouver Fire Department
Vancouver, WA · Clark County. City of Vancouver Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 8 stations and 183 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.
- 183
- Total personnel
- 8
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Vancouver Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Washington average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +395%
- vs. Washington average
- 8
- stations
- $7,563,714
- 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 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.
City of Vancouver Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Vancouver, WA (Clark County), with 8 stations and 183 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #273 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $7,563,714.
- National personnel rank #273 of 22,440
- WA personnel rank #7 of 120
- 4.37 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Clark County
City of Vancouver Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
183 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 06M05 · City of Vancouver Fire Department, WA 183 personnel · 8 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 183
- STA-MULTI 8 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #273
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brownsville Fire…
- FEMA-HEAVY $7.6M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Brownsville Fire Department - Central Station, TX (+ 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.
- High Harrison County F…, MS 184
- City of Vancouver (this dept) 183
- Near Brownsville Fire…, TX 183
- Near Joliet, IL 183
- Near Casper Fire and E…, WY 183
Department Profile
- Type
- MAINLY PAID PROVIDERS
- Location
- Vancouver, WA
- County
- Clark County
- FDID
- 06M05
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-02248 | $234,599.09 |
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FP-00681 | $200,340.95 |
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-03859 | $1,079,370.25 |
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FP-00667 | $206,621.9 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FP-00094 | $192,213.33 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-11035 | $218,008.91 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FP-00464 | $209,351.19 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FG-03555 | $439,677 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FP-00650 | $223,705 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-00832 | $937,219.94 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Washington average
How City of Vancouver Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Washington. In-state it ranks #7 of 120 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #273 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 8
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- WA departments
- 483
County roster weight
City of Vancouver Fire Department carries 31.2% of Clark County HIFLD personnel
Among 15 listed departments (587 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 53% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.37 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (8 stations / 183 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Brownsville Fire Department - Central Station, TX (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 183 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WA department.