Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHermiston Fire and Emergency Services
Hermiston, OR · Umatilla County. Hermiston Fire and Emergency Services is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 57 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.
- 57
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Hermiston Fire and Emergency Services pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Oregon average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +128%
- 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.
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.
Hermiston Fire and Emergency Services is a Volunteer department serving Hermiston, OR (Umatilla County), with 3 stations and 57 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,906 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,906 of 22,440
- OR personnel rank #28 of 237
- 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Umatilla County
Hermiston Fire and Emergency Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
57 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 00159 · Hermiston Fire and Emergency Services, OR 57 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 57
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,906
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Lynnwood
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Lynnwood Fire Department, WA (+ 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.
- Hermiston Fire an… (this dept) 57
- High Coal City Fire Pr…, IL 57
- Near City of Lynnwood, WA 57
- Near Bristol-Kendall F…, IL 57
- Near City of Paris, TX 57
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Hermiston, OR
- County
- Umatilla County
- FDID
- 00159
Staffing vs the Oregon average
How Hermiston Fire and Emergency Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #28 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,906 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 42
- OR departments
- 465
County roster geometry
Umatilla County HIFLD mix around Hermiston Fire and Emergency Services
Umatilla County: 22 departments, 412 personnel (11 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 68% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 57 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Lynnwood Fire Department, WA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 57 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OR department.