Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWeiser 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.
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.
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.
- Weiser Area Rural… (this dept) 32
- High Ottumwa City Fire…, IA 32
- Near Newburgh Volunteer, IN 32
- Near Wyandot East Fire…, OH 32
- Near Montpelier, OH 32
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Weiser, ID
- County
- Washington County
- 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.
- 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
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ID department.