Department profile

Volunteer

Colville Fire Department

Colville, WA · Stevens County. Colville Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

32
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Colville Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Washington average.

Top 40%
national personnel size
-14%
vs. Washington average
1
station

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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
72/100
Colville 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 B
32 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
32 personnel · 1 station

Colville Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Colville, WA (Stevens County), with 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,022 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #9,022 of 22,440
  • WA personnel rank #75 of 120
  • 3.13 stations per 100 personnel
  • 4 other listed departments in Stevens County

Colville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

32 Top 40% higher than 60% 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 33M02 · Colville Fire Department, WA 32 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 32
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #9,022
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Andalusia Fire Pr…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Andalusia Fire Protection District, IL (+ 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 WA department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Colville, WA
FDID
33M02

Staffing vs the Washington average

How Colville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Washington. In-state it ranks #75 of 120 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,022 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 14% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
68
WA departments
483

County roster geometry

Stevens County HIFLD mix around Colville Fire Department

Stevens County: 10 departments, 309 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 80% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 32 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Andalusia Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel

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