Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSouth Pierce Fire and Rescue
Eatonville, WA · Pierce County. South Pierce Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 35 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.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
South Pierce Fire and Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Washington average.
- Top 36%
- national personnel size
- -5%
- vs. Washington average
- 3
- 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 Pierce Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Eatonville, WA (Pierce County), with 3 stations and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,118 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,118 of 22,440
- WA personnel rank #71 of 120
- 8.57 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Pierce County
South Pierce Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 36% higher than 64% 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 27D15 · South Pierce Fire and Rescue, WA 35 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,118
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ashland Fire and…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ashland Fire and Rescue, OR (+ 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 Pierce Fire… (this dept) 35
- High Bethalto, IL 35
- Near Ashland Fire and…, OR 35
- Near Adell-Whitt Volun…, TX 35
- Near Atlanta Texas Fir…, TX 35
Department Profile
- Type
- MAINLY PAID PROVIDERS
- Location
- Eatonville, WA
- County
- Pierce County
- FDID
- 27D15
Staffing vs the Washington average
How South Pierce Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Washington. In-state it ranks #71 of 120 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,118 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- WA departments
- 483
County roster fringe
South Pierce Fire and Rescue is 2.3% of Pierce County roster mass
The county lists 34 departments totaling 1,547 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ashland Fire and Rescue, OR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WA department.