Department profile

Volunteer

Elk River Fire Department

Elk River, ID · Clearwater County. Elk River Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 10 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

10
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Elk River Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Idaho average.

3rd pct.
national personnel size
-41%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
8/100
Elk River 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 F
10 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
10 personnel · 1 station

Elk River Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Elk River, ID (Clearwater County), with 1 station and 10 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,880 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #21,880 of 22,440
  • ID personnel rank #148 of 152
  • 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • 9 other listed departments in Clearwater County

Elk River Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

10 Top 97% higher than 3% 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 35301 · Elk River Fire Department, ID 10 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MICRO 10
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-LOWER #21,880
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Coleman
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Coleman Fire Department, OK (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Elk River, ID
FDID
35301

Staffing vs the Idaho average

How Elk River Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Idaho. In-state it ranks #148 of 152 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,880 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 41% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
23
ID departments
292

County roster fringe

Elk River Fire Department is 3.8% of Clearwater County roster mass

The county lists 11 departments totaling 265 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 55% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 10 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Coleman Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 10 personnel

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