Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRufus Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service
Rufus, OR · Sherman County. Rufus Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 6 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.
- 6
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Rufus Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Oregon average.
- 0th pct.
- national personnel size
- -76%
- 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.
Rufus Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service is a Volunteer department serving Rufus, OR (Sherman County), with 1 station and 6 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,351 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #22,351 of 22,440
- OR personnel rank #235 of 237
- 16.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Sherman County
Rufus Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
6 Top 100% in the bottom 1% 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 00320 · Rufus Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service, OR 6 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 6
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #22,351
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Castroville Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Castroville Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 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.
- Rufus Volunteer F… (this dept) 6
- High Lake Bridgeport V…, TX 6
- Near Castroville Volun…, TX 6
- Near City of Rio Bravo, TX 6
- Near Gregg County Sher…, TX 6
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Rufus, OR
- County
- Sherman County
- FDID
- 00320
Staffing vs the Oregon average
How Rufus Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #235 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,351 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 42
- OR departments
- 465
County roster geometry
Sherman County HIFLD mix around Rufus Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service
Sherman County: 5 departments, 42 personnel (4 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
16.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 6 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Castroville Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 6 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OR department.