Department profile

Volunteer

Dayton Fire District

Dayton, OR · Yamhill County. Dayton Fire District is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 35 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

35
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Dayton Fire District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Oregon average.

Top 34%
national personnel size
+40%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
10/100
Dayton Fire District

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 F
11.7 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
35 personnel · 3 stations

Dayton Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Dayton, OR (Yamhill County), with 3 stations and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,719 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #7,719 of 22,440
  • OR personnel rank #86 of 237
  • 8.57 stations per 100 personnel
  • 9 other listed departments in Yamhill County

Dayton Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

35 Top 34% higher than 66% 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 00089 · Dayton Fire District, OR 35 personnel · 3 stations

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

  • PERS-SMALL 35
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #7,719
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wachapreague Volu…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Wachapreague Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, VA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Dayton, OR
FDID
00089

Staffing vs the Oregon average

How Dayton Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #86 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,719 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 40% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
42
OR departments
465

County roster fringe

Dayton Fire District is 7.5% of Yamhill County roster mass

The county lists 11 departments totaling 466 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 91% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

8.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 35 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Wachapreague Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, VA (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel

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