Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Westside Fire Protection District

Dover, ID · Bonner County. Westside Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 61 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.

61
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Westside Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Idaho average.

Top 11%
national personnel size
+259%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
68/100
Westside Fire Protection 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 B
30.5 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
61 personnel · 2 stations

Westside Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Dover, ID (Bonner County), with 2 stations and 61 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,540 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #2,540 of 22,440
  • ID personnel rank #13 of 152
  • 3.28 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 17 other listed departments in Bonner County

Westside Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

61 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 17335 · Westside Fire Protection District, ID 61 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-MID 61
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #2,540
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Solon
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Solon Fire Department, OH (+ 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
Dover, ID
FDID
17335

Staffing vs the Idaho average

How Westside Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Idaho. In-state it ranks #13 of 152 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,540 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 259% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
23
ID departments
292

County roster geometry

Bonner County HIFLD mix around Westside Fire Protection District

Bonner County: 19 departments, 273 personnel (10 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 26% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.28 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 61 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Solon Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 61 personnel

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