Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSouth Sherman Fire Protection District
Grass Valley, OR · Sherman County. South Sherman Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 12 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.
- 12
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
South Sherman Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Oregon average.
- 4th pct.
- national personnel size
- -52%
- vs. Oregon average
- 2
- 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 Sherman Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Grass Valley, OR (Sherman County), with 2 stations and 12 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,603 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,603 of 22,440
- OR personnel rank #218 of 237
- 16.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Sherman County
South Sherman Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
12 Top 96% higher than 4% 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 00142 · South Sherman Fire Protection District, OR 12 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MICRO · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 12
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #21,603
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ South Shore Hubba…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: South Shore Hubbard Lake Fire Department, MI (+ 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 OR department.
- South Sherman Fir… (this dept) 12
- High City of Kittitas, WA 12
- Near South Shore Hubba…, MI 12
- Near Greenbush Townshi…, MI 12
- Near Surrency Volunteer, GA 12
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Grass Valley, OR
- County
- Sherman County
- FDID
- 00142
Staffing vs the Oregon average
How South Sherman Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #218 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,603 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 42
- OR departments
- 465
County roster weight
South Sherman Fire Protection District carries 28.6% of Sherman County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (42 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 80% of the county count. County / state rollup.
16.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 12 roster).
Photo-finish peer: South Shore Hubbard Lake Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 12 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OR department.