Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Salem Fire Department

Salem, OR · Marion County. Salem Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 10 stations and 170 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.

170
Total personnel
10
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Salem Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Oregon average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+580%
vs. Oregon average
10
stations
$651,160
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
28/100
Salem Fire 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 D
17 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
170 personnel · 10 stations

Salem Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Salem, OR (Marion County), with 10 stations and 170 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #323 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $651,160.

  • National personnel rank #323 of 22,440
  • OR personnel rank #3 of 237
  • 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 21 other listed departments in Marion County

Salem Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

170 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 00321 · Salem Fire Department, OR 170 personnel · 10 stations

PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 170
  • STA-MULTI 10 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #323
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hampton Fire Comp…
  • FEMA-MID $651K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Hampton Fire Company, PA (+ 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 OR department.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Salem, OR
FDID
00321

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2016)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2016 EMW2015FO02201 $651,160

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Oregon average

How Salem Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #3 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #323 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 580% above the state average
Stations
10
State fire deaths/yr
42
OR departments
465

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Marion County

County mix is mostly volunteer (16 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (10 stations / 170 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Hampton Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Breitenbush Fire Department
Idanha · other
Keizer Fire District
Keizer · volunteer
All OR departments →

Nationwide career peers near 170 personnel

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

Hampton Fire Company, PA 170 Cumberland County Fire Department, TN 170 Pillow Fire Company, PA 170 Ridgway Fire Department - Central Station, PA 170 White Plains Fire Department, NY 170 Cheyenne Fire and Rescue, WY 171 Erie Fire Department Central Station, PA 171 Bernalillo County Fire and Rescue, NM 168

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Salem Fire Department have?

Salem Fire Department has 170 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 580% above the Oregon average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #323 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within OR, it ranks #3 of 237 by personnel.

Does Salem Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Salem Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Salem Fire Department operate?

Salem Fire Department operates 10 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Salem Fire Department?

Salem Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Marion County, OR. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Salem Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Salem Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $651,160 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2016 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2016.

How many fire departments are in Oregon?

Oregon has 465 fire departments with 11,854 total personnel. 52% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.