Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Seaside Fire and Rescue

Seaside, OR · Clatsop County. Seaside Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 48 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.

48
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Seaside Fire and Rescue pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Oregon average.

Top 19%
national personnel size
+92%
vs. Oregon average
1
station
$504,000
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
69/100
Seaside Fire and Rescue

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 A
48 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 C
$10,500 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
48 personnel · 1 station

Seaside Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Seaside, OR (Clatsop County), with 1 station and 48 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,338 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $504,000.

  • National personnel rank #4,338 of 22,440
  • OR personnel rank #45 of 237
  • 2.08 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 13 other listed departments in Clatsop County

Seaside Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

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

48 Top 19% higher than 81% 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 00331 · Seaside Fire and Rescue, OR 48 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 48
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #4,338
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bayou LA Batre Vo…
  • FEMA-MID $504K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Bayou LA Batre Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Seaside, OR
FDID
00331

FEMA Grant History

$504K
Cumulative funding (FY2021)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2021 EMW-2021-FF-01265 $504,000

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

Staffing vs the Oregon average

How Seaside Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #45 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,338 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 92% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
42
OR departments
465

County roster geometry

Clatsop County HIFLD mix around Seaside Fire and Rescue

Clatsop County: 17 departments, 328 personnel (9 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 76% of departments. County / state rollup.

2.08 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 48 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Bayou LA Batre Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Astoria Fire Department
Astoria · volunteer
Gearhart Volunteer Fire Department
Gearhart · volunteer
All OR departments →

Nationwide volunteer peers near 48 personnel

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

Bayou LA Batre Volunteer Fire Department, AL 48 Sable Altura Fire Rescue, CO 48 Shopville-Stab Volunteer Fire Department, KY 48 104th Fighter Wing Barnes Air National Guard Fire and Rescue-Dod, MA 48 Grayslake Fire Protection District, IL 48 Knollwood Fire Department, IL 48 Luling Fire Department, TX 48 Milford Fire Department, ME 48

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Seaside Fire and Rescue have?

Seaside Fire and Rescue has 48 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 92% above the Oregon average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #4,338 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within OR, it ranks #45 of 237 by personnel.

Does Seaside Fire and Rescue provide EMS services?

Yes, Seaside Fire and Rescue provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Seaside Fire and Rescue operate?

Seaside Fire and Rescue operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Seaside Fire and Rescue?

Seaside Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Clatsop County, OR. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Seaside Fire and Rescue received federal grants?

Yes, Seaside Fire and Rescue has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $504,000 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2021 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2021.

How many fire departments are in Oregon?

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

Related guides

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

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