Department profile
VolunteerPerkins Fire Department
Perkins, OK · Payne County. Perkins Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Perkins Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount more than double the Oklahoma average.
- 38th pct.
- national personnel size
- +108%
- vs. Oklahoma average
- 2
- stations
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.
Perkins Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Perkins, OK (Payne County), with 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,818 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,818 of 22,440
- OK personnel rank #109 of 513
- 8.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Payne County
Perkins Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 62% higher than 38% 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 60003 · Perkins Fire Department, OK 25 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #13,818
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Inwood Fire and R…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Inwood Fire and Rescue, IA (+ 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 OK department.
- Perkins (this dept) 25
- High South Zanesville, OH 25
- Near Inwood Fire and R…, IA 25
- Near Little Rock Fire…, IA 25
- Near Roseville Volunte…, OH 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Perkins, OK
- County
- Payne County
- FDID
- 60003
Staffing vs the Oklahoma average
How Perkins Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oklahoma. In-state it ranks #109 of 513 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,818 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- OK departments
- 1,049
County roster geometry
Payne County HIFLD mix around Perkins Fire Department
Payne County: 10 departments, 173 personnel (4 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 50% of departments. County / state rollup.
8.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Inwood Fire and Rescue, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OK department.