Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderRiverside Fire Authority
Centralia, WA · Lewis County. Riverside Fire Authority is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 16 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.
- 16
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Riverside Fire Authority pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Washington average.
- 12th pct.
- national personnel size
- -57%
- vs. Washington 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.
Riverside Fire Authority is a Career (Paid) department serving Centralia, WA (Lewis County), with 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,795 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,795 of 22,440
- WA personnel rank #112 of 120
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Lewis County
Riverside Fire Authority vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
16 Top 88% higher than 12% 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 21M01 · Riverside Fire Authority, WA 16 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 16
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #19,795
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 79 East Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 79 East Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 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.
- Riverside Fire Au… (this dept) 16
- High Baldwin City, KS 16
- Near 79 East Volunteer, TX 16
- Near Alden, KS 16
- Near Alma, KS 16
Department Profile
- Type
- MAINLY PAID PROVIDERS
- Location
- Centralia, WA
- County
- Lewis County
- FDID
- 21M01
Staffing vs the Washington average
How Riverside Fire Authority's personnel count compares to the typical department in Washington. In-state it ranks #112 of 120 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,795 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- WA departments
- 483
County roster fringe
Riverside Fire Authority is 3.8% of Lewis County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 419 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 94% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 16 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 79 East Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 16 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WA department.