Department profile

Volunteer

Gold Beach Volunteer Fire Department

Gold Beach, OR · Curry County. Gold Beach Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 22 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

22
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Gold Beach Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Oregon average.

30th pct.
national personnel size
-12%
vs. Oregon 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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
45/100
Gold Beach Volunteer 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 C
22 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
22 personnel · 1 station

Gold Beach Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Gold Beach, OR (Curry County), with 1 station and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,641 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #15,641 of 22,440
  • OR personnel rank #153 of 237
  • 4.55 stations per 100 personnel
  • 12 other listed departments in Curry County

Gold Beach Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

22 Top 70% higher than 30% 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 00135 · Gold Beach Volunteer Fire Department, OR 22 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 22
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #15,641
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hueytown Fire and…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Hueytown Fire and Rescue, AL (+ 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
Gold Beach, OR
FDID
00135

Staffing vs the Oregon average

How Gold Beach Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #153 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,641 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 12% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
42
OR departments
465

County roster geometry

Curry County HIFLD mix around Gold Beach Volunteer Fire Department

Curry County: 13 departments, 203 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 38% of departments. County / state rollup.

4.55 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 22 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Hueytown Fire and Rescue, AL (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Agness Illahee Fire Department
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Brookings Fire and Rescue
Brookings · volunteer
Cedar Valley Fire Department
Gold Beach · other
Ophir Rural Fire Department
Gold Beach · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 22 personnel

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