Department profile
VolunteerOmak Fire Department
Omak, WA · Okanogan County. Omak Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 31
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Omak Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount below the Washington average.
- Top 43%
- national personnel size
- -16%
- vs. Washington 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.
Omak Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Omak, WA (Okanogan County), with 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,684 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,684 of 22,440
- WA personnel rank #79 of 120
- 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Okanogan County
Omak Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
31 Top 43% higher than 57% 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 24M05 · Omak Fire Department, WA 31 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 31
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #9,684
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cannon Beach Rura…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection District, OR (+ 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 WA department.
- Omak (this dept) 31
- High Bagdad Fire Prote…, KY 31
- Near Cannon Beach Rura…, OR 31
- Near Andrews City, SC 31
- Near Annaville Volunte…, TX 31
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Omak, WA
- County
- Okanogan County
- FDID
- 24M05
Staffing vs the Washington average
How Omak Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Washington. In-state it ranks #79 of 120 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,684 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- WA departments
- 483
County roster fringe
Omak Fire Department is 9.4% of Okanogan County roster mass
The county lists 17 departments totaling 329 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 71% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection District, OR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 31 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WA department.