Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderVashon Island Fire and Rescue
Vashon, WA · King County. Vashon Island Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 116 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.
- 116
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Vashon Island Fire and Rescue pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Washington average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +214%
- vs. Washington 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.
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.
Vashon Island Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Vashon, WA (King County), with 5 stations and 116 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #726 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #726 of 22,440
- WA personnel rank #13 of 120
- 4.31 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in King County
Vashon Island Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
116 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 17D13 · Vashon Island Fire and Rescue, WA 116 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 116
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #726
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Decatur
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Decatur Fire Department, IL (+ 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 WA department.
- Vashon Island Fir… (this dept) 116
- High Silver Spring Vol…, MD 116
- Near Decatur, IL 116
- Near Emporia, KS 116
- Near Round Rock Fire D…, TX 116
Department Profile
- Type
- MAINLY VOLUNTEER PROVIDERS
- Location
- Vashon, WA
- County
- King County
- FDID
- 17D13
Staffing vs the Washington average
How Vashon Island Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Washington. In-state it ranks #13 of 120 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #726 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- WA departments
- 483
County roster fringe
Vashon Island Fire and Rescue is 3.7% of King County roster mass
The county lists 41 departments totaling 3,118 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 98% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.31 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 116 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Decatur Fire Department, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 116 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WA department.