Department profile
VolunteerMedical Springs Rural Fire Protection District
Baker City, OR · Union County. Medical Springs Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 16
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Medical Springs Rural Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Oregon average.
- 12th pct.
- national personnel size
- -36%
- 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.
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.
Medical Springs Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Baker City, OR (Union County), with 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,696 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,696 of 22,440
- OR personnel rank #195 of 237
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Union County
Medical Springs Rural Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
16 Top 88% higher than 12% 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 00536 · Medical Springs Rural Fire Protection District, OR 16 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 16
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #19,696
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Exeter Fire Prote…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Exeter Fire Protection District, MO (+ 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.
- Medical Springs R… (this dept) 16
- High Carter Volunteer, OK 16
- Near Exeter Fire Prote…, MO 16
- Near Belforest Volunte…, AL 16
- Near Summerdale Volunt…, AL 16
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Baker City, OR
- County
- Union County
- FDID
- 00536
Staffing vs the Oregon average
How Medical Springs Rural Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #195 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,696 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 42
- OR departments
- 465
County roster geometry
Union County HIFLD mix around Medical Springs Rural Fire Protection District
Union County: 9 departments, 155 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 16 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Exeter Fire Protection District, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 16 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OR department.