Mist-Birkenfeld Rural Fire Protection District - Peterson Station

What This Data Tells You About Mist-Birkenfeld Rural Fire Protection District - Peterson Station

Mist-Birkenfeld Rural Fire Protection District - Peterson Station operates as a fire department in Vernonia, within Columbia County, and the HIFLD and USFA records give a precise structural picture of its response capacity. The department reports unreported personnel, no station count on file, no truck inventory reported. EMS capability is listed as not provided.

Benchmarking against the state gives this profile context. Oregon has 465 registered fire departments and 11,854 total personnel, averaging roughly 25 staff per department. Direct staffing comparisons are limited where personnel counts are not reported. The state records about 20,400 fires, 42 fire deaths, and 52% volunteer coverage each year, which shapes training, funding priorities, and mutual-aid patterns felt at every department in the state.

No FEMA AFG or SAFER grant awards are recorded against this department's FDID in USAspending data, which is common for smaller or volunteer-heavy organizations that lean on state and local funding instead.