Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderMid-Columbia Fire and Rescue
The Dalles, OR · Wasco County. Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 52 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.
- 52
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Oregon average.
- Top 16%
- national personnel size
- +108%
- vs. Oregon average
- 2
- stations
- $2,491,600
- 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.
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.
Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving The Dalles, OR (Wasco County), with 2 stations and 52 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,616 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,491,600.
- National personnel rank #3,616 of 22,440
- OR personnel rank #40 of 237
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Wasco County
Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
52 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 00372 · Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue, OR 52 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 52
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,616
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gordon Heights Fi…
- FEMA-MID $2.5M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Gordon Heights Fire District, NY (+ 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.
- Mid-Columbia Fire… (this dept) 52
- High Cedarville Fire P…, IL 52
- Near Gordon Heights Fi…, NY 52
- Near Bedford Township…, IL 52
- Near Bexar-Bulverde Vo…, TX 52
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- The Dalles, OR
- County
- Wasco County
- FDID
- 00372
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | EMW2015FH00120 | $541,818 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FF00185 | $522,689 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FV00868 | $297,273 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FF00158 | $138,500 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FH00452 | $611,113 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FO02199 | $319,699 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FF00246 | $105,743 |
| 2012 | EMW2011FF00255 | $-45,235 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Oregon average
How Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #40 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,616 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 42
- OR departments
- 465
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Wasco County
County mix is mostly volunteer (3 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 52 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Gordon Heights Fire District, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 52 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OR department.