Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPrairie City Fire Department
Prairie City, OR · Grant County. Prairie City Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 30 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.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Prairie City Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Oregon average.
- Top 47%
- national personnel size
- +20%
- vs. Oregon 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.
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.
Prairie City Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Prairie City, OR (Grant County), with 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,597 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,597 of 22,440
- OR personnel rank #106 of 237
- 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Grant County
Prairie City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 47% higher than 53% 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 00303 · Prairie City Fire Department, OR 30 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #10,597
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Leighton Township
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Leighton Township Fire Department, MI (+ 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 OR department.
- Prairie City (this dept) 30
- High Wilmer Volunteer, AL 30
- Near Leighton Township, MI 30
- Near Department of Fir…, VA 30
- Near Tanner Williams V…, AL 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Prairie City, OR
- County
- Grant County
- FDID
- 00303
Staffing vs the Oregon average
How Prairie City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #106 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,597 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 42
- OR departments
- 465
County roster weight
Prairie City Fire Department carries 37.0% of Grant County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (81 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 57% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Leighton Township Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OR department.