Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSawtooth Valley Rural Fire Department
Stanley, ID · Custer County. Sawtooth Valley Rural Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 22 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.
- 22
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Sawtooth Valley Rural Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Idaho average.
- 29th pct.
- national personnel size
- +29%
- vs. Idaho 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.
Sawtooth Valley Rural Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Stanley, ID (Custer County), with 1 station and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,967 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #15,967 of 22,440
- ID personnel rank #95 of 152
- 4.55 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Custer County
Sawtooth Valley Rural Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
22 Top 71% higher than 29% 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 37301 · Sawtooth Valley Rural Fire Department, ID 22 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 22
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #15,967
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Viejas
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Viejas Fire Department, CA (+ 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 ID department.
- Sawtooth Valley R… (this dept) 22
- High Schofield, WI 22
- Near Viejas, CA 22
- Near Pickett Post-Camp…, SC 22
- Near San Pasqual Reser…, CA 22
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Stanley, ID
- County
- Custer County
- FDID
- 37301
Staffing vs the Idaho average
How Sawtooth Valley Rural Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Idaho. In-state it ranks #95 of 152 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,967 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 23
- ID departments
- 292
County roster weight
Sawtooth Valley Rural Fire Department carries 31.0% of Custer County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (71 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 60% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.55 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 22 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Viejas Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 22 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ID department.