Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Snohomish County Airport Paine Field Fire Department

Everett, WA · Snohomish County. Snohomish County Airport Paine Field Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 14 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.

14
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Snohomish County Airport Paine Field Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Washington average.

7th pct.
national personnel size
-62%
vs. Washington 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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
18/100
Snohomish County Airport Paine Field 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 F
14 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
14 personnel · 1 station

Snohomish County Airport Paine Field Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Everett, WA (Snohomish County), with 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,924 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #20,924 of 22,440
  • WA personnel rank #117 of 120
  • 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 16 other listed departments in Snohomish County

Snohomish County Airport Paine Field Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

14 Top 93% higher than 7% 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 WA-SNOHOMISH-COUNTY-AIRPORT-PAINE-FIELD-FIRE-DEPARTME-WA · Snohomish County Airport Paine Field Fire Department, WA 14 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MICRO 14
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #20,924
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 1st Rural Fire De…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: 1st Rural Fire Department of Lincoln, KS (+ 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 WA department.

Department Profile

Type
MAINLY PAID PROVIDERS
Location
Everett, WA

Staffing vs the Washington average

How Snohomish County Airport Paine Field Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Washington. In-state it ranks #117 of 120 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,924 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 62% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
68
WA departments
483

County roster fringe

Snohomish County Airport Paine Field Fire Department is 1.0% of Snohomish County roster mass

The county lists 33 departments totaling 1,390 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 97% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 14 roster).

Photo-finish peer: 1st Rural Fire Department of Lincoln, KS (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

City of Arlington Fire Department
Arlington · volunteer
All WA departments →

Nationwide career peers near 14 personnel

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

1st Rural Fire Department of Lincoln, KS 14 Ada Ottawa Lincoln, KS 14 Alexandria Township Fire Department, KS 14 Angelina River Volunteer Fire Department, TX 14 Waynesboro Fire Department, GA 14 Buckskin Fire Department, AZ 14 South Daytona Fire Department, FL 14 Elmira-Corning Regional Airport Fire Brigade, NY 14

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Snohomish County Airport Paine Field Fire Department have?

Snohomish County Airport Paine Field Fire Department has 14 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 62% below the Washington average of 37 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #20,924 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within WA, it ranks #117 of 120 by personnel.

Does Snohomish County Airport Paine Field Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Snohomish County Airport Paine Field Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Snohomish County Airport Paine Field Fire Department operate?

Snohomish County Airport Paine Field Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Snohomish County Airport Paine Field Fire Department?

Snohomish County Airport Paine Field Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Snohomish County, WA. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

How many fire departments are in Washington?

Washington has 483 fire departments with 17,908 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

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