Department profile
VolunteerMelba Rural Fire Protection District
Melba, ID · Canyon County. Melba Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Melba Rural Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Idaho average.
- 39th pct.
- national personnel size
- +47%
- vs. Idaho 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.
Melba Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Melba, ID (Canyon County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,676 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,676 of 22,440
- ID personnel rank #71 of 152
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Canyon County
Melba Rural Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 61% higher than 39% 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 27344 · Melba Rural Fire Protection District, ID 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #13,676
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Watford City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Watford City Fire Department, ND (+ 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 ID department.
- Melba Rural Fire… (this dept) 25
- High Loretto Volunteer, MN 25
- Near Watford City, ND 25
- Near Lusk, WY 25
- Near Trenton, TN 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Melba, ID
- County
- Canyon County
- FDID
- 27344
Staffing vs the Idaho average
How Melba Rural Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Idaho. In-state it ranks #71 of 152 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,676 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 23
- ID departments
- 292
County roster geometry
Canyon County HIFLD mix around Melba Rural Fire Protection District
Canyon County: 10 departments, 244 personnel (4 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 80% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Watford City Fire Department, ND (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ID department.