Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderShoshone Paiute Tribal Fire Department
Owyhee, NV · Elko County. Shoshone Paiute Tribal Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 21 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.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Shoshone Paiute Tribal Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Nevada average.
- 26th pct.
- national personnel size
- -22%
- vs. Nevada 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.
Shoshone Paiute Tribal Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Owyhee, NV (Elko County), with 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,517 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,517 of 22,440
- NV personnel rank #40 of 62
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Elko County
Shoshone Paiute Tribal Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 74% higher than 26% 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 05957 · Shoshone Paiute Tribal Fire Department, NV 21 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,517
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sinai
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sinai Fire Department, SD (+ 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 NV department.
- Shoshone Paiute T… (this dept) 21
- High Howard City, MI 21
- Near Sinai, SD 21
- Near Five Area, GA 21
- Near Cayuga Volunteer…, NY 21
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Owyhee, NV
- County
- Elko County
- FDID
- 05957
Staffing vs the Nevada average
How Shoshone Paiute Tribal Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nevada. In-state it ranks #40 of 62 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,517 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 40
- NV departments
- 156
County roster fringe
Shoshone Paiute Tribal Fire Department is 5.1% of Elko County roster mass
The county lists 24 departments totaling 414 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 38% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sinai Fire Department, SD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NV department.