Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderWenatchee Fire and Rescue
Wenatchee, WA · Chelan County. Wenatchee Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 35 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.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Wenatchee Fire and Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Washington average.
- Top 37%
- national personnel size
- -5%
- vs. Washington 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.
Wenatchee Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Wenatchee, WA (Chelan County), with 2 stations and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,205 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,205 of 22,440
- WA personnel rank #72 of 120
- 5.71 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Chelan County
Wenatchee Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 37% higher than 63% 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 04M05 · Wenatchee Fire and Rescue, WA 35 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,205
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Adell-Whitt Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Adell-Whitt Volunteer Fire Department, 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 WA department.
- Wenatchee Fire an… (this dept) 35
- High Bismarck Fire Pro…, IL 35
- Near Adell-Whitt Volun…, TX 35
- Near Atlanta Texas Fir…, TX 35
- Near Bethalto, IL 35
Department Profile
- Type
- MAINLY PAID PROVIDERS
- Location
- Wenatchee, WA
- County
- Chelan County
- FDID
- 04M05
Staffing vs the Washington average
How Wenatchee Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Washington. In-state it ranks #72 of 120 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,205 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- WA departments
- 483
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Chelan County
County mix is mostly volunteer (8 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
5.71 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Adell-Whitt Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WA department.