Department profile
VolunteerSoda Springs Fire Department
Soda Springs, ID · Caribou County. Soda Springs Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 17
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Soda Springs Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Idaho average.
- 14th pct.
- national personnel size
- +0%
- 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.
Soda Springs Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Soda Springs, ID (Caribou County), with 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,333 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,333 of 22,440
- ID personnel rank #116 of 152
- 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
- 3 other listed departments in Caribou County
Soda Springs Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
17 Top 86% higher than 14% 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 29301 · Soda Springs Fire Department, ID 17 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 17
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #19,333
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tradesville
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Tradesville Fire Department, SC (+ 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.
- Soda Springs (this dept) 17
- High Patmos Volunteer, AR 17
- Near Tradesville, SC 17
- Near Lake George, MN 17
- Near Rough and Ready F…, CA 17
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Soda Springs, ID
- County
- Caribou County
- FDID
- 29301
Staffing vs the Idaho average
How Soda Springs Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Idaho. In-state it ranks #116 of 152 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,333 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
Soda Springs Fire Department carries 100.0% of Caribou County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (17 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 25% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 17 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Tradesville Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 17 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ID department.