Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderOntario Fire and Rescue
Ontario, OR · Malheur County. Ontario Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 37 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.
- 37
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Ontario Fire and Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Oregon average.
- Top 32%
- national personnel size
- +48%
- 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.
Ontario Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Ontario, OR (Malheur County), with 1 station and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,106 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,106 of 22,440
- OR personnel rank #78 of 237
- 2.70 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Malheur County
Ontario Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
37 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 00550 · Ontario Fire and Rescue, OR 37 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 37
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,106
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bennington Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bennington Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NE (+ 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.
- Ontario Fire and… (this dept) 37
- High Los Ranchos DE Al…, NM 37
- Near Bennington Volunt…, NE 37
- Near Guilderland, NY 37
- Near Airway Heights, WA 37
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ontario, OR
- County
- Malheur County
- FDID
- 00550
Staffing vs the Oregon average
How Ontario Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #78 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,106 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 42
- OR departments
- 465
County roster weight
Ontario Fire and Rescue carries 51.4% of Malheur County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (72 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 60% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 37 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bennington Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 37 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OR department.