Department profile

Volunteer

Westside Rural Fire Protection District

Hood River, OR · Hood River County. Westside Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 56 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

56
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

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

Top 14%
national personnel size
+124%
vs. Oregon 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
62/100
Westside Rural 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
28 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
56 personnel · 2 stations

Westside Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Hood River, OR (Hood River County), with 2 stations and 56 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,064 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #3,064 of 22,440
  • OR personnel rank #34 of 237
  • 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
  • 6 other listed departments in Hood River County

Westside Rural Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

56 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 00408 · Westside Rural Fire Protection District, OR 56 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-MID 56
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #3,064
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bremerton
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Bremerton Fire Department, WA (+ 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 OR department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Hood River, OR
FDID
00408

Staffing vs the Oregon average

How Westside Rural Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oregon. In-state it ranks #34 of 237 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,064 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 124% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
42
OR departments
465

County roster geometry

Hood River County HIFLD mix around Westside Rural Fire Protection District

Hood River County: 9 departments, 249 personnel (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 44% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 56 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Bremerton Fire Department, WA (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 56 personnel

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