Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Potlatch Corporation Fire and Rescue Department

Lewiston, ID · Nez Perce County. Potlatch Corporation Fire and Rescue Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 32 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.

32
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Potlatch Corporation Fire and Rescue Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Idaho average.

Top 41%
national personnel size
+88%
vs. Idaho average
1
station

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
72/100
Potlatch Corporation Fire and Rescue Department

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 B
32 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
32 personnel · 1 station

Potlatch Corporation Fire and Rescue Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Lewiston, ID (Nez Perce County), with 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,276 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #9,276 of 22,440
  • ID personnel rank #48 of 152
  • 3.13 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 6 other listed departments in Nez Perce County

Potlatch Corporation Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

32 Top 41% higher than 59% 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 69220 · Potlatch Corporation Fire and Rescue Department, ID 32 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 32
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #9,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Morse
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Morse Fire Department, MN (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Lewiston, ID
FDID
69220

Staffing vs the Idaho average

How Potlatch Corporation Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Idaho. In-state it ranks #48 of 152 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,276 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 88% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
23
ID departments
292

County roster weight

Potlatch Corporation Fire and Rescue Department carries 76.2% of Nez Perce County HIFLD personnel

Among 7 listed departments (42 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 14% of the county count. County / state rollup.

3.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 32 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Morse Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide career peers near 32 personnel

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