Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSouth Kitsap Fire and Rescue
Port Orchard, WA · Kitsap County. South Kitsap Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 16 stations and 150 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.
- 150
- Total personnel
- 16
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
South Kitsap Fire and Rescue pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Washington average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +305%
- vs. Washington average
- 16
- stations
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.
South Kitsap Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Port Orchard, WA (Kitsap County), with 16 stations and 150 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #419 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #419 of 22,440
- WA personnel rank #9 of 120
- 10.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Kitsap County
South Kitsap Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
150 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 18D07 · South Kitsap Fire and Rescue, WA 150 personnel · 16 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 150
- STA-MULTI 16 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #419
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Klein Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Klein Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 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.
- South Kitsap Fire… (this dept) 150
- High Hamden, CT 150
- Near Klein Volunteer, TX 150
- Near Ppl Susquehanna F…, PA 150
- Near Hoover, AL 150
Department Profile
- Type
- MAINLY PAID PROVIDERS
- Location
- Port Orchard, WA
- County
- Kitsap County
- FDID
- 18D07
Staffing vs the Washington average
How South Kitsap Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Washington. In-state it ranks #9 of 120 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #419 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 16
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- WA departments
- 483
County roster weight
South Kitsap Fire and Rescue carries 36.1% of Kitsap County HIFLD personnel
Among 14 listed departments (416 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 14% of the county count. County / state rollup.
10.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (16 stations / 150 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Klein Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 150 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WA department.