Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPhilomath Fire and Rescue
Philomath, OR · Benton County. Philomath Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 31 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.
- 31
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Philomath Fire and Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Oregon average.
- Top 43%
- national personnel size
- +24%
- vs. Oregon average
- 3
- 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.
Philomath Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Philomath, OR (Benton County), with 3 stations and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,693 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,693 of 22,440
- OR personnel rank #100 of 237
- 9.68 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Benton County
Philomath Fire and Rescue 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 00534 · Philomath Fire and Rescue, OR 31 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 31
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,693
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lillian Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lillian 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.
- Philomath Fire an… (this dept) 31
- High Louisville Fire a…, AL 31
- Near Lillian Volunteer, AL 31
- Near Mancelona Fire Di…, MI 31
- Near Clayton Fire and…, AL 31
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Philomath, OR
- County
- Benton County
- FDID
- 00534
Staffing vs the Oregon average
How Philomath Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #100 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,693 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 42
- OR departments
- 465
County roster geometry
Benton County HIFLD mix around Philomath Fire and Rescue
Benton County: 11 departments, 205 personnel (4 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 55% of departments. County / state rollup.
9.68 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lillian 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 31 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OR department.