Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Hood River Fire and Emergency Medical Services

Hood River, OR · Hood River County. Hood River Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 29 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.

29
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Hood River Fire and Emergency Medical Services pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Oregon average.

Top 49%
national personnel size
+16%
vs. Oregon average
1
station
$1,856,095
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
77/100
Hood River Fire and Emergency Medical Services

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 B
29 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment A
$64,003 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
29 personnel · 1 station

Hood River Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Hood River, OR (Hood River County), with 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,076 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,856,095.

  • National personnel rank #11,076 of 22,440
  • OR personnel rank #110 of 237
  • 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 6 other listed departments in Hood River County

Hood River Fire and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution

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

29 Top 49% higher than 51% 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 00164 · Hood River Fire and Emergency Medical Services, OR 29 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 29
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #11,076
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brookside Fire an…
  • FEMA-MID $1.9M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Brookside Fire and Rescue, AL (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Hood River, OR
FDID
00164

FEMA Grant History

$1.9M
Cumulative funding (FY2012–2018)
3
Awards
Year Award Amount
2018 EMW-2018-FR-00061 $551,777.18
2013 EMW2012FF00009 $-26
2012 EMW-2012-FF-0000 $1,304,344

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Oregon average

How Hood River Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #110 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,076 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 16% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
42
OR departments
465

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Hood River County

County mix is mostly volunteer (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 29 roster).

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

Nearby Departments

Dee Rural Fire Protection District
Hood River · volunteer
Odell Rural Fire Protection District
Hood River · volunteer
Westside Rural Fire Protection District
Hood River · volunteer
All OR departments →

Nationwide career peers near 29 personnel

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

Brookside Fire and Rescue, AL 29 Ellendale Community Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NC 29 Birmingport Fire District, AL 29 Haw River Fire Department, NC 29 Anacortes Fire Department, WA 29 Belvidere Fire Department, IL 29 North Maine Fire Protection District, IL 29 Pampa Fire Department, TX 29

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Hood River Fire and Emergency Medical Services have?

Hood River Fire and Emergency Medical Services has 29 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 16% above the Oregon average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #11,076 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within OR, it ranks #110 of 237 by personnel.

Does Hood River Fire and Emergency Medical Services provide EMS services?

Yes, Hood River Fire and Emergency Medical Services provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Hood River Fire and Emergency Medical Services operate?

Hood River Fire and Emergency Medical Services operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Hood River Fire and Emergency Medical Services?

Hood River Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Hood River County, OR. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Hood River Fire and Emergency Medical Services received federal grants?

Yes, Hood River Fire and Emergency Medical Services has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $1,856,095.18 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2012–2018 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2018.

How many fire departments are in Oregon?

Oregon has 465 fire departments with 11,854 total personnel. 52% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.