Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Weiser Area Rural Fire District

Weiser, ID · Washington County. Weiser Area Rural Fire District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 32 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.

32
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Weiser Area Rural Fire District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Idaho average.

Top 42%
national personnel size
+88%
vs. Idaho average
2
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
25/100
Weiser Area Rural Fire District

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
16 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
32 personnel · 2 stations

Weiser Area Rural Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Weiser, ID (Washington County), with 2 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,397 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #9,397 of 22,440
  • ID personnel rank #49 of 152
  • 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 3 other listed departments in Washington County

Weiser Area Rural Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

32 Top 42% higher than 58% 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 87334 · Weiser Area Rural Fire District, ID 32 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-SMALL 32
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #9,397
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Newburgh Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Newburgh Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+ 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 ID department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Weiser, ID
FDID
87334

Staffing vs the Idaho average

How Weiser Area Rural Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Idaho. In-state it ranks #49 of 152 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,397 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 88% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
23
ID departments
292

County roster weight

Weiser Area Rural Fire District carries 32.7% of Washington County HIFLD personnel

Among 5 listed departments (98 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 80% of the county count. County / state rollup.

6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 32 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Newburgh Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Cambridge Fire Protection District
Cambridge · volunteer
Midvale Fire District
Midvale · volunteer
Weiser City Fire and Rescue
Weiser · volunteer
All ID departments →

Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel

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