Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSpokane Valley Fire Department
Spokane Valley, WA · Spokane County. Spokane Valley Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 7 stations and 143 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.
- 143
- Total personnel
- 7
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Spokane Valley Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Washington average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +286%
- vs. Washington average
- 7
- stations
- $193,091
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Spokane Valley Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Spokane Valley, WA (Spokane County), with 7 stations and 143 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #464 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $193,091.
- National personnel rank #464 of 22,440
- WA personnel rank #11 of 120
- 4.90 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Spokane County
Spokane Valley Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
143 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 32D01 · Spokane Valley Fire Department, WA 143 personnel · 7 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 143
- STA-MULTI 7 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #464
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Carrollton
- FEMA-LIGHT $193K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Carrollton 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.
- Spokane Valley (this dept) 143
- High Lawrence, MA 143
- Near Carrollton, TX 143
- Near Madison Rural, KS 143
- Near Binghamton, NY 143
Department Profile
- Type
- MAINLY PAID PROVIDERS
- Location
- Spokane Valley, WA
- County
- Spokane County
- FDID
- 32D01
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | EMW2015FR00409 | $193,091 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Washington average
How Spokane Valley Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Washington. In-state it ranks #11 of 120 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #464 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 7
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- WA departments
- 483
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Spokane County
County mix is mostly volunteer (11 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
4.90 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (7 stations / 143 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Carrollton Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 143 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WA department.