Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderPocatello Fire Department
Pocatello, ID · Bannock County. Pocatello Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 75 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.
- 75
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Pocatello Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Idaho average.
- Top 8%
- national personnel size
- +341%
- vs. Idaho average
- 5
- 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.
Pocatello Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Pocatello, ID (Bannock County), with 5 stations and 75 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,690 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,690 of 22,440
- ID personnel rank #7 of 152
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Bannock County
Pocatello Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
75 Top 8% higher than 92% 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 05101 · Pocatello Fire Department, ID 75 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 75
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,690
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Whiteman Air Forc…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Whiteman Air Force Base Fire Department-Dod, MO (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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 ID department.
- Pocatello (this dept) 75
- High Millville, NJ 75
- Near Whiteman Air Forc…, MO 75
- Near Burlington, VT 75
- Near Frenchtown Rural…, MT 75
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Pocatello, ID
- County
- Bannock County
- FDID
- 05101
Staffing vs the Idaho average
How Pocatello Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Idaho. In-state it ranks #7 of 152 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,690 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 23
- ID departments
- 292
County roster weight
Pocatello Fire Department carries 40.1% of Bannock County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (187 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 67% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 75 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Whiteman Air Force Base Fire Department-Dod, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 75 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ID department.