Department profile
VolunteerPortland Borough Fire Department
Portland, PA · Northampton County. Portland Borough Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 35 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Portland Borough Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Pennsylvania average.
- Top 36%
- national personnel size
- +0%
- vs. Pennsylvania 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.
Portland Borough Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Portland, PA (Northampton County), with 2 stations and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,045 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,045 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #801 of 1,275
- 5.71 stations per 100 personnel
- 29 other listed departments in Northampton County
Portland Borough Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 36% higher than 64% 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 48033 · Portland Borough Fire Department, PA 35 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #8,045
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Suisun Ci…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Suisun City Fire Department, CA (+ 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 PA department.
- Portland Borough (this dept) 35
- High Valois-Logan-Hect…, NY 35
- Near City of Suisun Ci…, CA 35
- Near Monclova Township…, OH 35
- Near Farwell Volunteer…, NE 35
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Portland, PA
- County
- Northampton County
- FDID
- 48033
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Portland Borough Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #801 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,045 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- PA departments
- 2,427
County roster fringe
Portland Borough Fire Department is 2.5% of Northampton County roster mass
The county lists 47 departments totaling 1,411 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 64% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.71 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Suisun City Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.