Department profile
VolunteerWaurika Fire Department
Waurika, OK · Jefferson County. Waurika Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 41 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 41
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Waurika Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Oklahoma average.
- Top 26%
- national personnel size
- +242%
- vs. Oklahoma average
- 1
- station
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.
Waurika Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Waurika, OK (Jefferson County), with 1 station and 41 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,811 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,811 of 22,440
- OK personnel rank #32 of 513
- 2.44 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Jefferson County
Waurika Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
41 Top 26% higher than 74% 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 34008 · Waurika Fire Department, OK 41 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 41
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #5,811
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Red Bank
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Red Bank Fire Department, TN (+ 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 OK department.
- Waurika (this dept) 41
- High Judith Basin Rura…, MT 41
- Near Red Bank, TN 41
- Near Murrieta, CA 41
- Near Terrys Corners Vo…, NY 41
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Waurika, OK
- County
- Jefferson County
- FDID
- 34008
Staffing vs the Oklahoma average
How Waurika Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oklahoma. In-state it ranks #32 of 513 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,811 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- OK departments
- 1,049
County roster weight
Waurika Fire Department carries 48.2% of Jefferson County HIFLD personnel
Among 8 listed departments (85 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.44 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 41 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Red Bank Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 41 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OK department.