Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderElk Bend Fire Protection District
Salmon, ID · Lemhi County. Elk Bend Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 34 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.
- 34
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Elk Bend Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Idaho average.
- Top 37%
- national personnel size
- +100%
- vs. Idaho 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.
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.
Elk Bend Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Salmon, ID (Lemhi County), with 1 station and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,320 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,320 of 22,440
- ID personnel rank #45 of 152
- 2.94 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Lemhi County
Elk Bend Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
34 Top 37% higher than 63% 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 59310 · Elk Bend Fire Protection District, ID 34 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 34
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,320
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Iberia Volunteer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Iberia Volunteer Fire Company, OH (+ 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 ID department.
- Elk Bend Fire Pro… (this dept) 34
- High Pultneyville, NY 34
- Near Iberia Volunteer…, OH 34
- Near Kohler, WI 34
- Near Town of Wilson-Bl…, WI 34
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Salmon, ID
- County
- Lemhi County
- FDID
- 59310
Staffing vs the Idaho average
How Elk Bend Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Idaho. In-state it ranks #45 of 152 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,320 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 23
- ID departments
- 292
County roster geometry
Lemhi County HIFLD mix around Elk Bend Fire Protection District
Lemhi County: 7 departments, 161 personnel (4 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 57% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 34 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Iberia Volunteer Fire Company, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 34 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ID department.