Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderKnappa Svensen Rural Fire Protection Department
Astoria, OR · Clatsop County. Knappa Svensen Rural Fire Protection Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations 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
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Knappa Svensen Rural Fire Protection Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Oregon average.
- Top 49%
- national personnel size
- +16%
- 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.
Knappa Svensen Rural Fire Protection Department is a Volunteer department serving Astoria, OR (Clatsop County), with 3 stations and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,090 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,090 of 22,440
- OR personnel rank #111 of 237
- 10.34 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Clatsop County
Knappa Svensen Rural Fire Protection Department 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 00189 · Knappa Svensen Rural Fire Protection Department, OR 29 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,090
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ellendale Communi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ellendale Community Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NC (+ 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.
- Knappa Svensen Ru… (this dept) 29
- High Haw River, NC 29
- Near Ellendale Communi…, NC 29
- Near Brookside Fire an…, AL 29
- Near Birmingport Fire…, AL 29
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Astoria, OR
- County
- Clatsop County
- FDID
- 00189
Staffing vs the Oregon average
How Knappa Svensen Rural Fire Protection Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #111 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,090 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 42
- OR departments
- 465
County roster fringe
Knappa Svensen Rural Fire Protection Department is 8.8% of Clatsop County roster mass
The county lists 17 departments totaling 328 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 76% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
10.34 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ellendale Community Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OR department.