Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSouthwest Polk County Rural Fire Protection District
Dallas, OR · Polk County. Southwest Polk County Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 131 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.
- 131
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Southwest Polk County Rural Fire Protection District pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Oregon average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +424%
- vs. Oregon 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.
Southwest Polk County Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Dallas, OR (Polk County), with 3 stations and 131 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #557 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #557 of 22,440
- OR personnel rank #6 of 237
- 2.29 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Polk County
Southwest Polk County Rural Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
131 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 00087 · Southwest Polk County Rural Fire Protection District, OR 131 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 131
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #557
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Naval Air Station…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Naval Air Station Regional Fire and Emergency Services, FL (+ 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.
- Southwest Polk Co… (this dept) 131
- High Woonsocket, RI 131
- Near Naval Air Station…, FL 131
- Near Tyler, TX 131
- Near Martinez-Columbia…, GA 131
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Dallas, OR
- County
- Polk County
- FDID
- 00087
Staffing vs the Oregon average
How Southwest Polk County Rural Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #6 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #557 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 42
- OR departments
- 465
County roster weight
Southwest Polk County Rural Fire Protection District carries 37.2% of Polk County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (352 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 44% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.29 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 131 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Naval Air Station Regional Fire and Emergency Services, FL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 131 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OR department.