Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMalden Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Malden, WA · Whitman County. Malden Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 15 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.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Malden Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Washington average.
- 10th pct.
- national personnel size
- -59%
- vs. Washington 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.
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.
Malden Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Malden, WA (Whitman County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,303 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,303 of 22,440
- WA personnel rank #114 of 120
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Whitman County
Malden Volunteer 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
15 Top 90% higher than 10% 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 38M07 · Malden Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services, WA 15 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #20,303
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Canyon City Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Canyon City Volunteer Fire Department, OR (+ 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 WA department.
- Malden Volunteer… (this dept) 15
- High Arrowhead Ranch E…, TX 15
- Near Canyon City Volun…, OR 15
- Near Alta Vista City, KS 15
- Near Argonia, KS 15
Department Profile
- Type
- MAINLY VOLUNTEER PROVIDERS
- Location
- Malden, WA
- County
- Whitman County
- FDID
- 38M07
Staffing vs the Washington average
How Malden Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Washington. In-state it ranks #114 of 120 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,303 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- WA departments
- 483
County roster fringe
Malden Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services is 4.7% of Whitman County roster mass
The county lists 14 departments totaling 320 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 79% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Canyon City Volunteer Fire Department, OR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WA department.