Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Portland Fire and Rescue

Portland, OR · Multnomah County. Portland Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 27 stations and 736 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.

736
Total personnel
27
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Portland Fire and Rescue pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Oregon average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+2844%
vs. Oregon average
27
stations
$14,325,833
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
60/100
Portland Fire and Rescue

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.

Staffing capacity C
27.3 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
736 personnel · 27 stations

Portland Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Portland, OR (Multnomah County), with 27 stations and 736 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #33 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $14,325,833.

  • National personnel rank #33 of 22,440
  • OR personnel rank #1 of 237
  • 3.67 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 5 other listed departments in Multnomah County

Portland Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

736 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 00291 · Portland Fire and Rescue, OR 736 personnel · 27 stations

PERS-LARGE · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-LARGE 736
  • STA-SYSTEM 27 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #33
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Newark Fire Depar…
  • FEMA-HEAVY $14.3M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Newark Fire Department Rescue 1, NJ ( -6 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 OR department.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Portland, OR
FDID
00291

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2010–2023)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2023 EMW-2023-FP-00493 $426,190.47
2021 EMW-2021-FF-01402 $2,076,406.44
2021 EMW-2021-FG-02666 $1,172,383.49
2020 EMW-2020-FG-00207 $659,443
2020 EMW-2020-FG-11542 $262,582.35
2019 EMW-2019-FG-04726 $1,416,209.85
2019 EMW-2019-FP-00094 $206,709.76
2017 EMW-2017-FO-02522 $2,053,728
2015 EMW2014FO00712 $259,546
2014 EMW2013FH00077 $4,554,394

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Oregon average

How Portland Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #1 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #33 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 2844% above the state average
Stations
27
State fire deaths/yr
42
OR departments
465

County roster weight

Portland Fire and Rescue carries 77.9% of Multnomah County HIFLD personnel

Among 10 listed departments (945 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 10% of the county count. County / state rollup.

3.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (27 stations / 736 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Newark Fire Department Rescue 1, NJ (-6 personnel).

Nearby Departments

All OR departments →

Nationwide career peers near 736 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OR department.

Newark Fire Department Rescue 1, NJ 730 Tulsa Fire Department, OK 730 Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service, AL 709 Buffalo Fire Department, NY 765 Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, CA 704 Tucson Fire Department, AZ 770 Fort Worth Fire Department, TX 782 City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue, FL 681

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Portland Fire and Rescue have?

Portland Fire and Rescue has 736 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 2844% above the Oregon average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #33 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within OR, it ranks #1 of 237 by personnel.

Does Portland Fire and Rescue provide EMS services?

Yes, Portland Fire and Rescue provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Portland Fire and Rescue operate?

Portland Fire and Rescue operates 27 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Portland Fire and Rescue?

Portland Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Multnomah County, OR. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Portland Fire and Rescue received federal grants?

Yes, Portland Fire and Rescue has received 12 FEMA grants totaling $14,325,833.36 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2010–2023 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2023.

How many fire departments are in Oregon?

Oregon has 465 fire departments with 11,854 total personnel. 52% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.