Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Springfield Department of Fire and Life Safety

Springfield, OR · Lane County. Springfield Department of Fire and Life Safety is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 98 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.

98
Total personnel
5
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Springfield Department of Fire and Life Safety pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Oregon average.

Top 4%
national personnel size
+292%
vs. Oregon average
5
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
37/100
Springfield Department of Fire and Life Safety

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.

Staffing capacity D
19.6 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
98 personnel · 5 stations

Springfield Department of Fire and Life Safety is a Career (Paid) department serving Springfield, OR (Lane County), with 5 stations and 98 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,002 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #1,002 of 22,440
  • OR personnel rank #12 of 237
  • 5.10 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 31 other listed departments in Lane County

Springfield Department of Fire and Life Safety vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

98 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 00347 · Springfield Department of Fire and Life Safety, OR 98 personnel · 5 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 98
  • STA-FEW 5 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,002
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Atascocita Volunt…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Atascocita Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services, 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 OR department.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Springfield, OR
FDID
00347

Staffing vs the Oregon average

How Springfield Department of Fire and Life Safety's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #12 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,002 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 292% above the state average
Stations
5
State fire deaths/yr
42
OR departments
465

County roster fringe

Springfield Department of Fire and Life Safety is 8.5% of Lane County roster mass

The county lists 40 departments totaling 1,148 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 68% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.10 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 98 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Atascocita Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services, TX (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Blue River Volunteer Fire Department
Blue River · volunteer
Deadwood Creek Fire Service
Deadwood · volunteer
Eugene Fire
Eugene · career
Lake Creek Fire and Rescue
Blachly · volunteer
All OR departments →

Nationwide career peers near 98 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OR department.