Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderPoulsbo Fire Department
Poulsbo, WA · Kitsap County. Poulsbo Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 77 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.
- 77
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Poulsbo Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Washington average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +108%
- vs. Washington average
- 4
- 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.
Poulsbo Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Poulsbo, WA (Kitsap County), with 4 stations and 77 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,597 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,597 of 22,440
- WA personnel rank #21 of 120
- 5.19 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Kitsap County
Poulsbo Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
77 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 18D18 · Poulsbo Fire Department, WA 77 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 77
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,597
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Greater Round Lak…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District, IL (+ 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 WA department.
- Poulsbo (this dept) 77
- High Stayton Rural Fir…, OR 77
- Near Greater Round Lak…, IL 77
- Near Naval Air Station…, TX 77
- Near Medford Fire and…, OR 77
Department Profile
- Type
- MAINLY PAID PROVIDERS
- Location
- Poulsbo, WA
- County
- Kitsap County
- FDID
- 18D18
Staffing vs the Washington average
How Poulsbo Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Washington. In-state it ranks #21 of 120 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,597 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- WA departments
- 483
County roster geometry
Kitsap County HIFLD mix around Poulsbo Fire Department
Kitsap County: 14 departments, 416 personnel (2 volunteer / 4 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.19 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 77 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 77 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WA department.