Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderOdell Rural Fire Protection District
Hood River, OR · Hood River County. Odell Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 39 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.
- 39
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Odell Rural Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Oregon average.
- Top 29%
- national personnel size
- +56%
- 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.
Odell Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Hood River, OR (Hood River County), with 1 station and 39 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,572 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,572 of 22,440
- OR personnel rank #75 of 237
- 2.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Hood River County
Odell Rural Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
39 Top 29% higher than 71% 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 00272 · Odell Rural Fire Protection District, OR 39 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 39
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,572
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Saint Elmo-Irving…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Saint Elmo-Irvington Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 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.
- Odell Rural Fire… (this dept) 39
- High College Place, WA 39
- Near Saint Elmo-Irving…, AL 39
- Near Department of Fir…, VA 39
- Near Union Gap, WA 39
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Hood River, OR
- County
- Hood River County
- FDID
- 00272
Staffing vs the Oregon average
How Odell Rural Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #75 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,572 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
Hood River County HIFLD mix around Odell Rural Fire Protection District
Hood River County: 9 departments, 249 personnel (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 44% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 39 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Saint Elmo-Irvington Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 39 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OR department.